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MON..” repeating its messages and I system designed just to frustrate I was safe and started calling the And it’s not like that isn’t That’s all I heard before I keep screaming an answer at Joe Blow completely, as a little phone company again. common knowledge. slammed down the phone. every one of them. side humor, maybe? See above. For collect calling or credit card So, back to calling the phone Until a voice that seemed very After all, if someone is Blah blah blah blah press 6 blah calls or to bill this call to another company. concerned came on the phone important enough, they would blah. See above! and said,” Sir, are you all have their secretary call, and let number, press 2. 'WHAGEN WKROIIJEM right?” him or her get the aggravation. To interrupt a busy line, press 3. MRJEISFHE JDHEGSB.' For directory assistance, press 4. 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My phone beeps again. messages or maybe because of (I use this term a lot when I WHAGEN WKROIIJEM I hear the message; “Would you the fact that I was afraid this am tense), I JUST WANT TO MRJEISFHE JDHEGSB. like information on our high operator would disconnect me, BE CONNECTED TO TALK © 2020 Copyright At least that’s what I think speed DSL line?” I calmed down, explained my The Village View TO SOMEONE ABOUT MY I heard, it was very muffled “NO!” I shout. “ALL I situation and my needs and was SERVICE.” and twice as loud as the other WANT TO DO IS TALK TO actually helped through the An independent Meanwhile Patti walks into the messages. SOMEONE ABOUT MY process of changing my service. community newspaper room and says, “Wow, who were published monthly Then, a nice, calming, woman’s SERVICE!” But, during the process, the you yelling at? 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Barrett Township Monthly Clean-Up 2020 Saturdays 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
September 12, October 3
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RATES Automobile Load ...... $10.00 SUV or Mini-Van...... $30.00 Full Size Pick–up Load...... $40.00 Trailer (8ft or smaller)...... $40.00 Trailer (longer than 8 ft)...... $60.00 One-Ton Load ...... $50.00 Life & Business Utility Van ...... $60.00 The Right Coverage at the Right Price Single Axle Dump...... $75.00 Box Vans U-Hauls 6-8 ft...... $50.00 Box Vans U-Hauls 8-10 ft ...... $80.00 DONAGHY Anything enclosed over 10 ft ...... $150.00 INSURANCE Tires (car & small truck)...... $10.00 INSURANCE Tires (20” and larger) ...... $15.00 1125 Rt. 390 Mountainhome, 2 doors down FamilyFamily ownedfrom Callie and’s Candy operatedoperated kitchen sincesince 19711971 Rims...... $5.00 Fridge, freezer, AC ...... $55.00 Open for business- even as Covid19 seems to be making a comeback. No charge for TV’s, CRN’s, Monitors, etc. We o er touchless quote/purchase/service options whenever safely possible. Clean-Up takes place at the Barrett Township Maintenance We will also be in the o ce & as always o er appointments Facility, 194 Sandspring Rd, Cresco, PA. Clean-up is for Barrett Township residents only. Must show valid ID when to accommodate any situation. checking in. If you have any questions please call 570-906-4250. As always, thank you for your business. Items NOT Accepted: Household Trash, Oils/Chemicals etc., Paint Cans www.donaghyins.com [email protected] Note: All Loose Screws/Nails must be in a container. PLEASE NOTE: We can no longer accept cash payments 570-595-7451 over $50. Make checks payable to: Barrett Township Page 6 The Village View August 2020 The Village Scene
A Message from the Nearly New Shop: FURNITURE August Birthdays The Nearly New Shop will be open every REPAIR Kyle Stiff Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Hours Furniture Stripping Emily Knecht are 10 to 2, Consignments are only on Tuesdays Gloria Jean Kaye • CHAIRS GLUED • CHAIR CANING from 10 to 12. Donations are accepted anytime If your chairs are coming apart or loose Reda Briglia the store is open. Elaine Stark Call Steve @ 570-352-5414 Trudy Leming Last day for summer Free estimates Kellie Leming consignments is Aug 11. Will Stark Alec Sopko Patrick Sopko CONGREGATION B’NAI HARIM Cindy DeLuca GOLF OUTING Nancy Lewis Monday, August 17th 2020 HeatherHe Schratt Tom Fullington at Pinecrest Golf Club Stylist Tim Fullington 679 Pinecrest Drive Long Pond, Pennsylvania Amy Fullington Monday hours: 11:00 - 7:00 Jesse Fullington (appointments recommended) 1.Early bird rate for golf is $75. After August 12th,2020 add Megan DeLuca $10 to each person’s registration. Sign up early and SAVE. Randy Transue at Styles by Sue For more information call Lew Stolzenberg at 347.672.6643 Brianna Hardy or Ira Miller at 570.355.5350 Rt. 390, Mountainhome - 595-2141 John Conti Mya Conti Megan Sheloski Gretchen Reisenwitz Gabriel Stirr Cayla Passmore Obituaries Marge Smith SALAD Alexander Fornwald John M. Frailey, 82, of Tannersville, SUPERMARKET Carissa Gross died Tuesday, June 30; Irene Martens, of "Your friendly local market" & Nancy Price Mount Pocono, passed away Sunday July Rt. 390 . Mountainhome Jennie Bradford Shoesmith-Fox HOT FOOD 5, 2020; Joyce Mae Keiper, 87, of Pocono Store (570) 595-7161 Township, died Saturday, July 4, 2020; Deli (570) 595-FOOD BAR James Edward Hay, 76, of Tannersville, died Sunday, July 5, 2020; Michael “Mike” Penna. Daily Lottery Shannon, 68, of Swiftwater, died Thursday, July 9, 2020; Judy C. Kuhenbeaker, 56, of Tannersville, died Saturday, May 30, •Residential & Commercial Services August •Grinder Pumps Anniversaries 2020; Lee Ernest Dukes of Raleigh, NC, •Grease Traps affectionately known as “Dice” or “Duke” Nathan and Megan Barrett •Septic Services, Maintenance, Charles and Peggy Fishler passed away Monday, June 1, 2020 at the Repair & Cleaning Wayne and Connie Heckler age of 77; Cynthia “Pamela” Evans, 79, •Portable Restroom Services INC Tim and Carolyn Fullington formerly of Swiftwater, died Sunday, July 570-894-8690 William and Carol Gering 12, 2020; Constance T. Montgomery, 82, of 24 Hour Services for Monroe & Carbon Counties Kevi MWilliam, Owner Cresco, died Monday, July 13, 2020; Mary email: [email protected] Kiess Davis, age 91, of Fort Myers, Florida, Family Owned and Operated - www.gottagopotties.com formerly of Mount Pocono, PA,; Judy C. If you have a Kuhenbeaker, 56, of Tannersville, died non emergency Saturday, May 30, 2020; Hilda Bailey, 92, of and need assistance Mount Pocono, died Tuesday, July 21, 2020; Mary Villa Johnson, 77, of Mountainhome, use this died Monday, June 15, 2020, number instead of 911, Verna M. (Bender)Wagner , 94, of 570-992-9911. Mountainhome, died July 23, 2020; Steven Dwayne Bonser, 59 of Cresco, PA passed This number goes directly away on July 2, 2020; Joanne Christine to Control Center Storer, 68, of Mountainhome, died Tuesday, August 4, 2020 August 2020 The Village View Page 7 We’r Hirin
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Duck #1: He didn’t even look this way. I can’t believe it! Duck #2: Maybe he’s shy, Louise. Not everyone is as forward as you are.
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 Duck #1: Don’t start with me, Sidney. I know a slight when I see one and that piece of poultry is rude beyond words. Duck #2: Louise, Louise, Louise. Calm down. There are plenty of other birds in this world to talk to. Look, there’s a flock over there. Let’s go visit.
Duck #1: You go. I have business to conduct with this obnoxious, thinks-he’s-better-than-the-rest-of-us creature. If he thinks he’s going to turn up his nose at me, he has another thing coming entirely! Duck #2: See, Louise. This is why my blood pressure is high and my psychiatrist is getting so wealthy. Just let the poor duck alone and get on with your life. A full line gun dealer
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Note: The COVID-19 emergency canceled the planned Get Outdoors Poconos hike this month. So BWA offers instead a scavenger hunt at Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, an adventure for children and their families. Outdoor recreation is allowed while being COVID-careful in Pennsylvania. Use common-sense measures. Hike with people you live with. Use a face covering if others are around, and practice physical distancing. Have a back- up hike in mind — if an area seems crowded, go to another trailhead.
Just over the hill from Stroudsburg lies a nature preserve along Cherry Creek, perfect for kids and their families to explore. It was once a golf course, humming with mowers and golf carts. The grassy slopes were clipped short right to the creek. Rainwater runoff was laced with fertilizer and insecticides. Unshaded by a natural buffer of shrubs and plants and overloaded with chemicals, the creek was virtually lifeless. Mountain Appliance Repair Today, this part of Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a haven for birds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators. For children who enjoy the challenge of a scavenger hunt, there are worlds to discover! Servicing ALL major brands
Meadows of native wildflowers and grasses have replaced the flat green of the fairways.Wood turtles, bog turtles, rabbits, foxes, bears and bobcats thrive as their habitats return. Fish, aquatic plants, water striders and other bugs are also coming 570-350-9411 back. The water of Cherry Creek is healthy again.
“Nature does most of the work,” says Jared Green, refuge manager of CVNWR for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “We humans help by cutting out the fertilizers and insecticides that hurt the creek. Then we just get out of the way.”
Jared and I are strolling the cart paths with Deb Schuler, head of the Friends of Cherry Valley. Deb says that humans also helped by seeding the fairways with native plants and grasses, and by placing boulders and logs in the creek. “Trout Unlimited volunteers did that work to create ripples and pools,” Deb says. “They aerate the water and give the fish places to hide and feed.”
Like all the water in our watershed, Cherry Creek flows to the Delaware River, on its way to provide drinking water for millions of people. Pure drinking water depends on the land around it, so restoring the creek banks to their natural, native state protects water quality.
Jared points to a pile of brush near the creek. “Doesn’t look like much,” he says, “but that’s a habitat, too. We left it there on purpose — meadow birds, small mammals like rabbits, and other creatures use it for cover and nesting.”
Sharp-eyed kids will find at least five distinct habitats— the sunny meadows, stream, and brush pile are three of them. Another is the small wetlands where native cattails grow, home to red-winged blackbirds, wetland plants, frogs, salamanders and turtles. Stretches of forest habitat provide a shady retreat along the creek and also line the upland boundaries of the old golf NEW CLIENTS : Visit Benjies Salon for her organic color services. Free cut with any purchase of color services. course, where you might see the opening of a groundhog burrow, coyote scat or white-tailed deer.
Humans have been coming to this place for 15,000 years. Evidence of many early peoples has been found here — Paleo Indians, early Woodland Indians, and the Lenni Lenape who lived and hunted here long before the first Europeans arrived. BATZEL DECORATING What will your family find here when you visit? Fresh air, clean water, bird song and beautiful views, the fun and discovery of Painting & Paperhanging a scavenger hunt … and maybe a store of happy summer memories, not on the list of scavenger clues: the “remember when” Interior / Exterior of years to come. Fine Craftsmenship for over 45 years Carol Hillestad is a hike leader and writer for Get Outdoors Poconos, a grant-funded series administered by Brodhead Powerwashing/Gutter Cleaning Watershed Association. Water Damage Repair SCAVENGER HUNT Deck Restoration / Staining The scavenger hunt is fun for adults and elementary-age children. Get clues, photos, video and information Aluminum siding re nishing at brodheadwatershed.org/gopoconos. Take only pictures and leave only shadows! · Special thanks to Barbara Case for the videography. Get the green algae o and have your house shine. Quality work for a budget price. · Go to brodheadwatershed.org/gopoconos for information on Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge as well as other hikes 570.595.2384 in the Get Outdoors Poconos series. The series is administered by Brodhead Watershed Association and supported by a grant C ey Batzel from the William Penn Foundation. IF YOU GO: CHERRY VALLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE PRESERVE • Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge is off Cherry Valley Road south of Stroudsburg, Pa. Take Route 191 South past Citadel Corps Stroudsmoor Country Inn. At the bottom of the hill, go left on Cherry Valley Road. At Croasdale Road, go right to parking for 226 Washington St. the refuge. GPS coordinates: 40.9710 -75.1714 · Trail information: A former golf course, cart-paths at the 193-acre preserve form two walking loops — the Front Nine East Stroudsburg and the Back Nine. Varied terrain, lots of views, and 3.4 miles of hiking. Trails are hard gravel and well-groomed, with switchbacks, steep hills, and a gazebo at the highest point. Maps in the kiosk near the parking area. 421-3050 · Open to the public for hiking, birding, photography and contemplation. No picnicking, bikes, motorized vehicles, or dogs. Fishing is allowed in season with license. Creek wading is allowed for children, with responsible adult supervision, at your Experience the joy of sharing your time or own risk. material abundance with others. e ·The refuge is owned, managed and patrolled by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: fws.gov/refuge/cherry_valley/ Salvation Army can provide you with the ·The Friends of Cherry Valley is an organization of dedicated local residents and conservationists working to protect the opportunity to volunteer your time or valley’s history, agricultural heritage and natural resources: friendsofcv.org. make a nancial contribution that will Andrea Higgins support those in need. BWA office administrator Ad paid for by anonymous donor Page 12 The Village View August 2020 The covid virus has halted many events in our villages, so, we dug into our archives again for some photos and realized that it is now 65 years since the tragic flood of 1955. eW ran this centerfold in August 2005.
prevented the house from being washed Flood of August 1955 right off its foundation. The flood of 1955 is still a Ivan’s former wife). Maurice wasn’t Proceeding north on 447, we sighted a vivid memory for Ivan Wicks of able to come down 447 (Rt. 290 little girl of 10-12 years of age floating on a Canadensis. Ivan was part of back then) so he went around up telephone pole. One of the most gruesome an unofficial rescue operation by Price Brothers to see if he could discoveries was a little boy all wrapped up that included Maurice Price, wade across Doug Price’s field but in a barbwire fence. He was gone. That Bill Stewart and Harvey there was too much water running really shook me up. Harvey had a rope, Clark along the banks of the through the field. The little stream which we threw over a branch and we Brodhead Creek on Thursday, that runs near the house was so used it to swing across the creek. Looking August 18 and Friday, August high he couldn’t get across. He up, we were shocked to see the body of 19. tried but the current was too swift. a man wedged in the fork of a tree. We “I noticed the creek was up We all stayed at Ruth Stewart’s retrieved a ladder form John Price’s nearby pretty good on my way home house until daylight. When we farm and I believe Harvey climbed it. He from work in Stroudsburg on finally managed to reach Mary’s was able to free the man so we tied his Thursday. When I got home I grandmother’s house we noticed body to my Willy’s jeep and transported thought I’d better go down and right away that the little 20’x20’ him back to town. On the way back, I hit check on Mary’s grandmother house was pretty shook up. The some bad road and the dead man’s hand who lived in Canadensis on only reason the house was still flew up and smacked me in the face.” Ivan Clarks Road in the first house standing was because two oak indicated that this scared the bejeezus trees on the corners of the house right out of him! Bridge missing from Rt. 390 Canadensis Towards Skytop on the right. (Mary Wicks is
Ray Blitz house, Canadensis
Rt. 390 Looking into Canadensis Corners
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He also remembered the destruction at Lloyd LaBar’s building. It was a Ivan Wicks Remembers… huge structure located behind the old by Patricia Dente Canadensis Post Office where Lloyd stored heavy. The flood wiped out the entire building and its contents. He said, “There was nothing left. Bill Bloss and I walked south along the creek past Minnie Edwards’ house, but there was no sign of any equipment. That made me realize how swift the current must have been to carry off that machinery.” This is just one man’s horrific recollection of the ’55 flood. Thousands of people can relate to Ivan and his fellow rescuers and what they faced during this catastrophic event. They all rose to the challenge. Seventy-eight people died and 42 bridges were destroyed in the area’s worst disaster in history. Ivan Wicks Cart Bridge at Buck Hill Golf Course
Rt. 390 Looking up from Canadensis
Kreckman Home, Canadensis
Photos courtesy of Al Hall, Barrett Township Historical Society and Cresco Train Bea Locher Station Page 14 The Village View August 2020 A Virtual Tour of Skytop’s Indian Ladder Falls By Carol Hillestad The Greene-Dreher Alumni Association For Brodhead Watershed Association (GDAA) announces the presentation of over “An elm tree? In the wild? You’re kidding!” $17,000 in college scholarships to 2020 high The tree in front of me didn’t look much like the regal, school graduates residing in these townships. arching trees that once lined main streets across America. But naturalist Rick Koval assured me that, yes, this tree along a Skytop trail was an elm. Recipients, the amount, and the particular scholarship(s) were “It’s here because it’s alone,” Rick said. “Isolation saved as follows: it from the fungus that has killed elms by the millions.” Kara Campbell $1000 Ladies of Paupack Rebekah Lodge #559 Scholarship; Claudia Cheslock $1000 GDAA Rick is leading me on a hike that would have been part of Scholarship; Rebecca Cykosky $1000 Thomas A Berger the annual Ramble organized by Brodhead Watershed Association. The yearly creek tour puts pure, safe drinking Honorary Scholarship; Alex Davies $500 John Hazelton water front and center, as people “ramble” along some of our Memorial Scholarship and $500 GDAA Scholarship; area’s pristine creeks and streams. The pandemic changed Elizabeth Desmet $1000 GDAA Scholarship; Gavin Hearn those plans for 2020, and the event has been rescheduled $1000 GDAA Scholarship; Madison Henwood $500 Gross for next year. Normally off limits to all but guests of Skytop Family Scholarship and $500 GDAA Scholarship; Anthony Lodge, several of the private trails at Skytop will be open to Ramble participants in 2021. (You can take today’s hike Ioppolo $1000 GDAA Scholarship; Savannah Kier $5000 virtually at brodheadwatershed.org/ramble/.) Helen Pradon Crocker Memorial Scholarship; Skyler Navratil $540 Jan Smith Burke Memorial Scholarship and Rick and I are headed toward Indian Ladder Falls, on a wide $500 Robert & Virginia Baughan Memorial Scholarship; path that has taken us through a cool grove of tall white pine trees, a soft cushion of needles underfoot. Emily Peet $1000 Pearl Blitz Smith Memorial Scholarship; The piney smell of the air rewards your every breath. The Leavitt Branch sparkles and burbles along the path as Rick shares his incredibly deep knowledge of the natural world. Izaiah Santiago $1000 GDAA Scholarship; and Jacob Tirjan $1000 GDAA Scholarship. Near the elm, Rick points to a freestanding fungus, a giant oak polypore, which he says will grow to four feet if left undisturbed. We’ve already seen dozens of ganoderma tsguae, another polypore fungus, All graduating seniors residing in Greene or Dreher growing from downed, decaying hemlocks. Its common name is hemlock varnish shelf. When you see its Townships are eligible for scholarships. Applications for shiny mahogany finish, you’ll know why. 2021 monies will be available after March 1, 2021 through A tiny orchid, some of the largest rhododendrons in Pennsylvania, a state-listed champion mountain either the school guidance counselor, or by contacting the maple tree, a rare native plant called white twisted stalk, and striped maples are some of the other plant Scholarship Committee at PO Box 171, Newfoundland, PA wonders we’ve seen. We’ve passed a porcupine den and 400,000-year-old boulders, and now the rock 18445 or by email at [email protected]. walls are rising around us, a narrow box canyon filled with the sound of falling water.
Indian Ladder Falls has been a destination for humans since long before Europeans arrived on this continent. Rick has found artifacts nearby of Lenni-Lenape and other Woodland Indians. Three tiers high, the falls cascade to a rock pool and into the Leavitt Branch, headed toward Brodhead Creek and the Delaware River.
Like almost all of the creeks that are the headwaters of the Brodhead, the Leavitt Branch rises in swampy wetlands and bogs high on the Pocono Plateau. The sponge-like, “hydric” soils and water- loving plants of the wetlands regulate water naturally and keep it pure, and also protect against Mick Motors flooding, while feeding the seeps and springs that create beautiful trout streams like this one. Mick Motors As Skytop’s professional naturalist, Rick has other things to do with his day — hikes are planned for guests of the lodge, and he has work to do in the butterfly house. Leaving this cool, magic place of rushing water isn’t easy. But I hope to be back a year from now on the Ramble, and I hope to see you there. Sales Sales Carol Hillestad is a hike leader and outreach specialist for Brodhead Watershed Association.
VIRTUAL HIKE TO INDIAN LADDER FALLS andand A video “virtual hike” to Skytop’s jewel, Indian Ladder Falls, is available at brodheadwatershed.org/ ramble/
Naturalist Rick Koval and BWA’s hike leader, Carol Hillestad, are your guides for this virtual visit to ServicServiceServicee the falls. Thanks to Skytop Lodge and Tom Gregory of Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau for making this possible.
For information about hikes in the free Get Outdoors Poconos series, go to brodheadwatershed.org/ Pa. State Inspection • Tires • Brakes • Exhaust gopoconos. The hike series is administered by Brodhead Watershed Association and supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation. Financing Available 2021 RAMBLE AT SKYTOP Every year the public is invited to visit some of the most beautiful creeks and waterfalls in the Sales hrs. Mon - Fri 8:00 to 5:30 Sat 9:00 to 1:00 Poconos during Brodhead Watershed Association’s annual “Ramble.” Service by appointment Mon-Fri 8 to 5:30. For 2020, BWA partnered with Skytop Lodge for the event, scheduled for early August. Because of the pandemic, the event has been postponed until summer 2021. Mark your calendar, and plan to join Route 191, Cresco us in person as we explore Skytop’s natural beauty along the Leavitt Branch of Brodhead Creek. [email protected] 570-595-2222 Please be responsible: Skytop land is private and patrolled, and trespassing is illegal. Page 15 The Village View August 2020 Barry District Court 43-4-02
SOMMERS District Justice TRANSMISSION Phillip Riley Rt. 390, Mountainhome The following individuals waived their rights to a preliminary hearing: •Moses Enrequie Lugo, 21, of New York, New York, charged with burglary, theft of property, and receiving • Automatic stolen property. •Jillian Rogers, 20, of Mount Pocono, charged with 2 counts of simple assault, 2 counts of harassment, and • Standard disorderly conduct. • Import •Eugene Lamont Gaston, 54, of East Stroudsburg, charged with simple assault, and harassment. •Joshua Antonio Cortes, 22, of Walnutport, charged with possession of marijuana, and use/possession of drug • Domestic paraphernalia. • Heavy Duty •Daniella G. Torres, 22, of Brick, NJ, charged with possession of marijuana, use/possession of drug • 4WD paraphernalia, and 2 counts of traffic violations. • Clutches The following individuals entered a guilty plea: • Di erentials 570-595-7400 •Francis C. Odita, 25, of Henryville, charged with use of marijuana, and use/possession of drug paraphernalia. www.GOODSHIFT.com • Deroncera Saint-Preux, 49, of Hillside, NJ, charged with 2 counts of traffic violations.
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August 2020 The Village View Page 16 Firecall Office of Rosemary Brown Constituent, Steve Ertle, and Others Testify at Hearing on Wolf by Charlie Administration’s Restaurant Restrictions Barrett Township Volunteer Fire Co. The House Majority Policy Committee hosted a hearing this Tuesday to dis- Volunteers needed. If interested come to Firehouse Tuesday at 7 o’clock. cuss Pennsylvania’s restaurant industry and the current restrictions. It was extremely informative to hear the insightful feedback from restaurant/tavern owners and other July 2020 Alarms industry experts. I was also pleased to have a Pocono local and industry professional, 7/1 - 1:29pm - 5 men - no trucks - auto alarm - Prices Drive - cancelled. Steve Ertle, to testify on behalf of, not only his experience, but for our entire region. 7/9 - 8:19pm - 6 men - no trucks - auto alarm - Fawn Circle - cancelled. 7/11 - 3:53pm - 8 men - 1 truck - structure fire - Patmas Dr. Owners of the state’s restaurants, bars and taverns told members of the House 7/12 - 8:42pm - 17 men - 1 truck - reported structure fire - Oak Lane - can- Majority Policy Committee Tuesday the industry cannot survive the administration’s celled. restrictions and provided guidance on how they can operate safely and effectively. 7/14 - 1:11pm - 6 men - no trucks - auto alarm - Evergreen School - can- On July 15, the governor and Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine is- celled. sued a statewide order that required restaurants, bars and taverns to reduce their opera- 7/15 - 9:23am - 5 men - no trucks - auto alarm - Glenmere Rd. - no fire. 7/17 - 4:46pm - 8 men - no trucks - auto alarm - Tennis Dr. - no fire. tions to just 25% capacity for indoor dining, while 7/19 - 2:08am - 8 men - 2 trucks - vehicle fire - Oak Hill Dr. any bars or nightclubs that only serve alcoholic 7/19 - 7:23am - 13 men - no trucks - auto alarm - Dutch Hill Rd. - cancelled. beverages and no food had to close completely. 7/22 - 3:11pm - 8 men - 2 trucks - vehicle fire - Brookside Lane. 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It was clear that owners want to do what is right Scavello Introduces Property Tax but can do it in a way that promotes social distanc- Relief Legislation for Seniors ing, borders and do less harm to their businesses. Constituent and Monroe County local, Steve HARRISBURG – Senator Mario Scavello (R-40) has introduced legisla- Ertle, gave the committee a snapshot of what tion that would provide much needed school property tax relief for senior Pocono businesses have been dealing with and citizens across the Commonwealth. the frustrations of trying to keep up with the ever- changing restrictions from the governor. His pow- “Property taxes continue to rise at an alarming rate and senior citizens are erful testimony really illustrates how the Pocono among our most vulnerable populations, given that they are on fixed in- comes,” Scavello said. “As has been said before, no tax should have the Promise and dedication of our local businesses power to leave you homeless and no citizen should be forced to choose and restaurants have helped keep our case between paying for food, medicine or their school property tax bill.” numbers low and maintain a healthy Senate Bill 1262 and Senate Bill 1263 would provide for a property tax re- and safe environ- bate of up to $5,000 for all seniors age 65 and older who have an annual household income of less than $60,000. (Fifty percent of Social Security ment for patrons and benefits are excluded when determining income.) The legislation would employees. eliminate property taxes for the majority of senior across the common- In addition to wealth. outlining negative impacts the orders Senator Scavello has introduced many legislative measures over his have had on their career in both the House and Senate. Most recently, he introduced Senate Bill 805 to provide the revenue necessary to eliminate school property businesses, several taxes on owner-occupied homes via the homestead exclusion. This legis- testifiers also offered lation followed the Constitutional Amendment question passed by voters suggestions to try in 2017 expanding the homestead exclusion to 100 percent of a home’s to help the industry assessed value. through the pan-
He has also co-sponsored legislation that would eliminate school property demic. taxes entirely.
“This is not the final solution to the property tax problem that has inflicted years of escalating home foreclosures and rising tax bills on Pennsylvania citizens, but it is progress that is within reach to help the most vulnerable,” Scavello said. Page 17 The Village View August 2020
Time: Mondays 2-3 PM meetings of the BBC at The FCC. The group practices social distancing be seen all over town! To spread Instructor: Kimberly Matthew Meetings will include informational while hiking. a little joy and make the flock Membership: Member Plus programs, discussion of birds, and The FCC offers something for migrate to another yard, simply SEATED DANCE TO THE BEAT seasonal birding opportunities everyone at all member levels. donate $5 - $500 to The FCC or fly (Formerly CHAIR ZUMBA) including walks and other birding For more information on how to higher and donate even more! Our An aerobic form of exercise based activities throughout the year. become a member, call Nicole flock managers will then come and on different forms of dance in a Time: 2nd Tuesday of the month 7 Abrams at 570-481-4330 or email rehome our friendly flamingos to The seated position. This seated exercise PM-Outdoor locations announced info@thefriendlycommunitycenter. the home or business of your choice. Friendly Community Center is a great is ideal for people with balance, hip via email org. For a full listing of programs, Please visit our website for more place to stay connected to friends while and knee issues, but all levels are Facilitators: Darryl & Jackie visit The FCC’s website www. information or send an email to Staying Healthy, Keeping Fit, and welcome to attend. Speicher and Tim Grover thefriendlycommunitycenter.org. info@thefriendlycommunitycenter. Having Fun. Located at 6683 Route 191 Time: Tuesdays from 3 – 4 PM Membership: Basic Join our mailing list to get a weekly org to participate. in the heart of Mountainhome. Instructor: Natalie Schultz-Kahwaty, QI GONG in the Park email sent directly to your inbox The Friendly Community Center Visit www.thefriendlycommunitycenter. PhD This Chinese-based moving chock full of information about The was founded in 2010 as a Nonprofit org – New programs and events are Membership: Member Plus meditation improves balance and FCC’s programs and helpful links to community center without walls added quarterly! Follow us on Facebook CREATE & CHAT mental focus while gently lubricating our many community partners. through a grassroots effort of or Instagram. Do you enjoy art or have projects your joints. Each movement THE FLAMINGOS ARE STILL volunteers who saw a need to bring he Friendly Community Center hopes that need to be completed? Join in simulates beautiful elements in HERE! engaging programs and valuable that everyone stays in good health and create with us using the medium nature. Movements can be modified THE FCC FRIENDLY services closer to aging populations and looks forward to continuing great of your choice. A weekly inspiration for those who need to be seated. FLAMINGO FLOCKING in the mountain villages of the programs to help everyone stay healthy, photo is provided, or you can work Weather cancellations made the night FUNDRAISER Poconos. Beginning with just a few keep fit & have fun! on an existing project while chatting before via website and email. What is “flocking?” A way to raise arts and wellness activities offered Reopening The FCC in an online setting. Time: Thursdays from 9 – 9:45 AM money creatively as a nonprofit and at various locations throughout Keeping our members and our Time: Thursdays at 10:30 AM at Skywood Park-Special locations to inspire fun among our neighbors. the area, volunteers quickly saw community safe is the number one Membership: Basic be announced You can “flock” a friend as part of the need to have a “home” and a priority of The FCC Board during LINE DANCING Instructor: Kimberly Matthew a “FUNdraising” event to benefit director to coordinate the many this uncertain time. The opening of Dance to new and classic music Membership: Member Plus The Friendly Community Center’s programs they dreamed of offering. The FCC will not be determined by while having fun and getting fit! WEEKLY WALKERS- Do you programs and operations. Flocks can Renovations were completed what phase our county is in but rather Time: Thursdays at 12:45PM enjoy walking? Join a weekly group on a historic building in Barrett with discussion between our Board Instructors: Carlisle Nostrame & to hike our many local hiking trails. Township in 2013, and The FCC members, input from our members, Barbara Camlet Most hikes are easy to moderate has been operating from this and recommendations from the PA Membership: Member Plus difficulty. location ever since. People come Department of Health. The Board has MEN GET FIT NEW-Date/Time: FRIDAYS at from the townships of Barrett, been reevaluating constantly about Men, this class is just for you! 9AM. Meet at the Mountainhome Paradise, Dreher, Pocono, Price, when to reopen the building. The Workout to timed interval training. United Methodist Church Parking Tobyhanna, Coolbaugh, and beyond FCC already has plans in place for This program for men of all Lot and drive to hiking destination. to participate in the Center’s disinfecting and other procedures to fitness levels incorporates balance, Membership: Basic innovative programs. keep everyone safe. Once the building flexibility, and strength to interval Destinations for the next hike are is open, online classes will still occur timing. discussed at each hike and emailed until the majority of our membership Time: Wednesdays at 11AM out weekly. is ready to physically attend classes Instructor: Bob Larsen NASM, at The Friendly Community Center. C-PT, CES, PES, ENFA BTS Currently The FCC building is closed Membership: Unlimited or but is offering classes online and at Unlimited Quarterly outdoor venues. If you are interested YOGA in joining any of our online classes or Learn common poses and breathing have questions, please contact Nicole techniques in a relaxing atmosphere at info@thefriendlycommunitycenter. while increasing strength and org or call and leave a message at 570- flexibility. Yoga mat is suggested. 481-4330. Time: Tuesdays from 10 – 11 AM Thank you for your support during this Instructor: Colleen LaScala, CPT time. RYT CURRENT CLASSES BEING Membership: Unlimited or OFFERED ONLINE Unlimited Quarterly BARRE FIT DANCE TO THE BEAT (Formerly Tone, sculpt and strengthen your entire ZUMBA) body with isometric movements and An aerobic form of exercise based light weights during a low impact on different forms of dance. Have workout. Modifications can be made to fun while working out to various accommodate your individual fitness genres of music and dance. Exercise needs. Barre is performed barefoot or can be modified to suit your fitness with grip socks and a yoga mat. level. Time: Thursdays from 4 -5 PM Time: Tuesdays from 3-4:00 PM Instructor: Ashley Meinking, IBBFA Instructor: Natalie Schultz-Kahwaty, Certified PhD Membership: Unlimited or Unlimited Membership: Unlimited or Quarterly Unlimited Quarterly CHAIR YOGA CURRENT PROGRAMS Enjoy all of the benefits of yoga with BEING OFFERED AT LOCAL Congratulations to Dylan Hannig, our 2020 Rotary Club of the Pocono Mountains scholarship the support of a chair. Learn common OUTDOOR VENUES winner for $2,500. Dylan will be attending Virginia Tech. Being socially aware, Pictured from chair yoga poses and breathing BARRETT BIRDING CLUB left to right 1st row, Christine Hannig, mom, Dylan Hannig, Don Hannig, dad, Andrew Hannig, techniques while increasing strength If you enjoy birds, join Darryl & brother. Second row, Rotarians: Dominick Iacuzio, Janet Ferraro, Annie Messina, Ashley Rully, and flexibility. Jackie Speicher of Pocono Avian Jen Reich and Peter Pipolo. We wish him the Best of Luck. 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Imagine Your Story Summer Be sure to check our website (www. August 26th National Women’s Learning Quest barrettlibrary.org) and our Facebook Equality Day Library Letters This summer, the Library has a page (facebook.com/BPFLibrary) for Let’s celebrate the power of women By MaryAnn Lewis different type of Summer Learning additional program information. today with a collage of inspiring Quest than we have had in the Adult Virtual Programs: All women who helped pave the way for 1:45pm-2:45pm past. You could say that we are programs take place on Facebook all of us. We will show you women Dear 3pm-4pm re-imagining our story! Each week unless otherwise noted (www. who inspire us on Facebook, and Friends and Wednesday includes a story time (ages 0-5), facebook.com/BPFLibrary). We we’d love for all of you to show us Neighbors, Same as above plus 4:15pm-5:15pm a S.T.E.A.M. challenge for any are not providing any in-person the women who inspire you in the We may be and 5:30pm-6:30pm age, and an interactive program for programs at the Library at this time. comments. in the lazy, hazy days of summer, Saturday children ages 6-11. The programs are August 13th Writing Group: Zoom August 26th International Dog but that certainly doesn’t describe 10am-11am a mix of book clubs, STEM projects, @ 6:30 pm. Day what it’s like inside the Library! 11:15am-12:15pm craft projects, etc. Projects are We invite all writers to our virtual Let’s give our fur babies the We keep very busy getting all of the 12:30pm-1:30pm designed to use materials you already writing group! During this meeting, appreciation they deserve with new books, audiobooks, and DVDs We will continue to provide have at home. Call the library (570- we’ll discuss the 1000-word stories, pictures of your dog for everyone to ready to circulate, creating virtual Curbside Pickup Service. Just call 595-7171) or visit our web page to which focused on world building, see on Facebook! Post your puppy’s programs for all ages, taking care of the library (570-595-7171) and let register and get all the information written by those who came to the picture in the comment section. our popular curbside pickup service, us know which books, audiobooks, about programs. last meeting. Then we’ll talk about August 28th Virtual Trivia Night: and welcoming patrons into the magazines, and DVDs you want. 8/10-8/15 -- S.T.E.A.M. Challenge: dialogue, which will be the focus Zoom @ 7:00 pm Library to use computers and browse We’ll arrange a time for you to come Make a candy constellation. 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Starting September 6th Read a Book Day allow us to balance the number of You can return your materials to Chelsea will be sharing books, Monday, August 17th, we will Let’s celebrate books today by people in the building and give us the dropbox near the back entrance songs, and crafts that celebrate the post a different theme each day on showing us on Facebook what time to clean between sessions. As of the library anytime. Please night sky and the stories that it has Facebook. Add your photos to the you’re reading. Give a quick review with all of our new and different call to renew if needed. Materials inspired. The video will be posted on comments section below each post. by telling us what you think of the ways of providing service, we’ll that are returned to the library are our Facebook page. These books and Let’s get creative! book and if you’d recommend it. 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Tuesday & Wednesday 9-6 Thursday and Friday 10-7 Saturday 9-2 Page 21 The Village View August 2020 Motor Speedway. It is now the and frying them to a crisp. John Cafarella using an early mammothogram, home of the world’s most famous Vanderbilt loved these “Saratoga discovered the complete skeleton Gnus Almanac motor racing competition, the Chips” and they became an instant of a thirty-six foot long and books available Indianapolis 500. success. fifteen-foot high mammoth in St. on Kindle 19. 1960 - Friday- Sputnik 25. 325 – Tuesday- The Council James, Nebraska 5, carrying two dogs, was of Nicaea, the first ecumenical Bandstand was B.B King. 11. 1807 - Monday Happy launched into space. They were debate held by the early 6. 1753 - Monday Birthday, David Atchison who later retrieved as the first living Christian church, ended with the Professor Georg Richmann was actually president for one day, organisms from space. The dogs establishment of the doctrine of Gnus of the Day was rendered kaput during March 4, 1849. President Zachary then developed as alien pods and the Holy Trinity. The Council Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon – an experiment with lightning. Taylor refused to be inaugurated took over the minds of anyone had been convened by Roman Noted by chanteuse, Madonna on Richmann attached a wire to the on a Sunday. As President Pro Tem who petted them and mutated into Emperor Constantine I in May. her recording of Like a Sturgeon top of his house and led it down of the U.S Senate Atchison served people who abuse handicapped 26. 1909 – Thursday- An almost 1. 1981- Saturday MTV made to an iron bar suspended above before Taylor was inaugurated. parking spaces. perfectly preserved Cro-Magnon its debut at 12:01 a.m. The first “the electric needle” and a bowl of Hail to the Chief was played really 20. 1833 – Tuesday- Happy man skeleton was discovered by music video (this was when the M water partly filled with iron filings. really fast. Birthday, Benjamin Harrison, paleontologist Otto Hauser. It was actually indicated Music) shown During a storm, Richmann was 12. 1981 –Wednesday- IBM 23rd President of the United States later identified as a member of the was Video Killed the Radio Star, struck while about a foot from the introduced the PC personal from 1889 to1893. Benjamin was U.S Supreme Court. by the Buggles. And, in answer bar, as he observed the needle.. A computer. The first PC ran the ham for the Grover Cleveland 27. 1894 - Monday- A sad day to the inevitable question; the witness description - “A globe of on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 Presidential Sandwich. Cleveland as the first graduated income second video was Pat Benatar, blue and whitish fire about four microprocessor and used preceded and succeeded him tax was passed. As is done today, You Better Run. MTV has since inches in diameter” came from the Microsoft´s MS-DOS operating as president. Harrison’s Vice some sleazoid congressman gone on to cultural icons such as bar struck Richmann’s forehead” system….all yours for $1565, President was Levi Morton. snuck the tax into another bill. Jersey Shore, 16 and Pregnant, with “an explosion like that of a although a fully loaded version Benjamin was the grandson of President Cleveland fought it Yo Momma, Date My Mom, small cannon.” with color graphics would run you William Henry Harrison, briefly and the Supreme Court voted it Laguna Beach, and Engaged and 7. 1782 - Wednesday George $6000. the 9th President. unconstitutional. The TAX had to Underaged Washington created the Order of 13. 1888-Monday- Happy 21. 1841- Saturday How do you wait until 1913 when it was passed 2. 1610 – Monday In a minor the Purple Heart, as a decoration Birthday, John Logie Baird, make a Venetian blind? Poke as the 16th amendment to the navigational error, Henry Hudson to recognize merit in enlisted men Scottish engineer, who was him in the eye…..John Hampson Constitution. sailed into what it is now known and noncommissioned officers. the first man to televise outline of New Orleans, Louisiana was 28. 1922 - Monday The first as Hudson Bay, thinking he had Washington devised a badge for pictures of objects in 1924. This issued the first patent for Venetian radio commercial aired on made it through the Northwest any singularly meritorious action, was followed the next year by Blinds. He did not invent them as WEAF in New York City. It was Passage and reached the Pacific that was the figure of a heart in recognizable human faces. By Venetian blinds, they were actually a 10-minute blurb, a really long Ocean. He suspected he was in purple cloth or silk edged with 1926, he was able to demonstrate invented in Persia and Venetian time when you think about it. the wrong place when the only narrow lace or binding. This badge TV for moving objects at the traders brought the blinds to It was an advertisement for the beer they could find was Labatt of Military Merit was affixed to Royal Institution, London. Venice, hence, Venetian Blinds. Queensboro Realty Co., which Blue. the uniform coat above the left 14. 1457 –Friday The oldest 22. 1902 - Friday President had paid $100 for five days of 3. 1811- Saturday Happy breast known exactly dated printed book, Theodore Roosevelt became the sponsorship. Birthday, Elisha Otis, American 8. 1503 – Saturday –After the Mainz Psalter, was printed first U.S. President to ride in an 29. 2005 - Monday Hurricane inventor. Otis did not invent the meeting on eMonarchy.com, in the Fust–Schöffer shop, 21 automobile. The joy ride took Katrina made landfall near New elevator, he invented the automatic and texting just forever, King years after Johannes Gutenberg place in Hartford, Connecticut. Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category safety brake for elevators. This James IV of Scotland married invented the printing press with The President called “shotgun” 4 hurricane. Despite being only later made high-rise buildings thirteen year old Margaret Tudor, replaceable/moveable wooden or and then hogged the radio the third most powerful storm of practical. Prior to this many daughter of King Henry VII of metal letters in 1436 choosing only classic rock while the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina elevator technology had its ups England. The affair was catered 15. 1877- Wednesday Thomas yelling “hey babeeee” at attractive was the worst natural disaster in and downs. by Harry’s Haggis of Holyrood. Edison coined the telephone women. the history of the United States. 4. 1755 – Monday “A horse Music provided by D.J Bagpipes greeting, “Hello.” The use of hello 23. 1609 - Sunday. The telescope 30. 1983 – Tuesday- Guion may be coaxed to drink, Da Tartan. The groom was to answer the phone triumphed was first demonstrated by Galileo S. Bluford Jr. becam e the first but a pencil must be lead” resplendent in a kilt by Ralph over the use of Ahoy as suggested Galileo. Working in Venice, he black American astronaut to …..Stan Laurel……….Joyeux Lauren the bride glowed in a by inventor Alexander Bell. pointed the instrument toward travel in space, aboard the shuttle Anniversaire! Nicolas-Jacques traditional Highland sporrans 16. 1988- Tuesday, one Padua, and the Tower of Saint Challenger. Conté, French painter and inventor by Vera McWang. The nuptials word sums up probably the Giustina, thirty-five miles away. 31. 2012 - Friday. Good news who was the first to use graphite would eventually result in James responsibility of any vice The very first telescopes were for lupine fans, Gray wolves in the - and that is still used as the basis great grandson becoming King of president, and that one word is believed to have appeared around state of Wyoming were dropped for making pencil leads today. England 100 years later. 'to be prepared”….. George H.W. the year 1608 and were credited from the US government’s list 5. 1957 – Monday American 9. 1593 - Monday- “FISH: an Bush selected intellectual Indiana to opticians Hans Lippershey and of endangered species after a Bandstand, featuring lip-synching animal that grows the fastest Sen. Dan Quayle to be his Vice Zacharias Janssen. successful twenty year program recording artists and dance trend between the time it’s caught Presidential running mate on the 24. 1853 - Wednesday It has been to repopulate the species. The setting teens, made it’s network and the time the fisherman Republican ticket. claimed that the first potato chips wolves were encouraged to join debut on ABC. Bandstand began describes it to his friends...for 17. 1978 – Thursday The Double were prepared by Chef George singles and mingles nights, speed as a local program on WFIL-TV all you fishermen out there - Eagle II completed the first Crum, an American Indian, at dating, and the popular Howlers Channel 6 in Philadelphia. It was Happy Birthday, Izaak Walton, transatlantic balloon flight when Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Like Us website in order to mate first hosted by Bob Horn and English naturalist who wrote The it landed near Paris. It took 137 Springs, NY. When gazillionaire and propagate. New rules stated called Bob Horn’s Bandstand. Compleat Angler, the first book on hours after lifting off from Preque Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt the Wyoming needs to maintain at After a brief scandal involving the fishing. Isle, Maine to get to Paris, or was dining there, he sent his fried least ten pairs of breeding wolves host and underage girls, the show 10. 1833 - Why did the about the same time it takes to get potatoes back to the kitchen, and cannot have less than one- got a new host in July 1956, clean- mammoth cross the road? A: out of O’Hare Airport when there complaining they were “too hundred of the animals. cut 26 year old Dick Clark. P.S, Because they didn’t have chickens are thunder storms in the vicinity. thick.” Chef Crum retaliated by the only artist not to lip synch on in the Ice Age...Archeologists 18. 1909 –Wednesday- The first slicing paper thin strips of potatoes race was held at the Indianapolis August 2020 The Village View Page 22
Gatherings & Such MeetingsMeetings ReligiousReligious Services Services Gatherings & Such Barrett Senior Center Have a couple of hours free Most Holy Trinity Parish (comprises Grace Community Fellowship, Barrett Township Historical Society Open Monday, Wednesday, and weekday mornings? Volunteer St. Ann, St. Mary of the Mount and 3rd Friday, Friendly Community Cen- meeting at the Tandoor Palace confer- Friday from 9AM-1PM at The with Monroe County Meals on St. Bernadette) Masses are celebrated ter, Route 191 Mtnhome @ 2 pm ence room ( right next to the days Inn) Friendly Community Center, 6683 Wheels to deliver meals and a in the gymnasium of Monsignor Rt 715 in Tannersville Pa exit 299 off Rt Route 191 in Mountainhome. moment of human connection to Barrett Township Supervisors McHugh School located at 212 Route 80 Sunday mornings at 10:30 People age 60 and better are your homebound neighbors in Business Meeting @ Municipal Bldg. 390 in Cresco: Call 570-977-7749 welcome. Please call Tanya Lutin Barrett Township. Volunteer as often 2nd Wednesday of the Month - 5:30pm Saturday Masses: 4pm Sunday Masses: 4th Wednesday of the Month - 8:00am at 570.481.4330 for details and to as you would like - once a week, 8am, 10:30am and 12.30pm Grace United Church of Christ Workshops: 3rd Wednesday of the reserve a lunch. once a month, every once in a (the Spanish Mass) Sullivan Trail & Rt. 715, Tannersville Month - 8:00am ––––––––––––––––– while.Contact us at Parish Center contact: Sunday Service;10:00AM Free Alzheimer’s Training Barrett Township Planning Commission (570) 595-3100 St. 570-424-8794 or mailto: Available to Local Family 1st Wednesday Municipal Bldg, Living Hope Baptist Church [email protected] Caregivers Rt. 390, Mountainhome 5:30 PM Canadensis United for info. - 839-5900 for an application. The local Home Instead Senior MethodistChurch Warriors For Christ Ministries ––––––––– –––––––– Barrett Architectural Review Committee Care office is offering free online Route 390 & 447, Canadensis 445 Sterling Rd.(Rt 196) Tobyhanna, PA Third Thursday 5 PM Municipal e-learning training sessions for Building Worship with Children’s 570-894-1623 Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild Monroe County families managing Experience 10:45 AM Sunday-11:30Am Wed & Fri 7:30PM Meets third Barrett Twp. Environmental the challenges of Alzheimer’s and Monday of Month Advisory Council Keokee Chapel United Methodist 1 Living Hope Communtiy Church other dementia diseases. Available at 7:00 PM Third Tuesday of each month. Keokee Chapel Lane., Paradise at HelpForAlzheimers Lower level of Canadensis United 6:30 PM @ Evergreen School 5530 Municipal dr. SUN Service, 9:30 AM SUN School Tobyhanne PA 18466 Families.com Methodist Church To request free, on-site Family –––––––––––––––––– Classes 9:45 AM Start at 9:45. Service begins at 11:00 Church located on corner of Rotary Club of the Pocono Mountains Church office: 570-676-8686 Caregiver Training, contact the Rts. 447 & 390 Every Wednesday, 6.15 pm Mountainhome United Home Instead Senior Care office in New members & Refer to our website for location Methodist Church Mt Pocono United Methodist Church Tannersville at guests welcome www.rotaryclubofthepoconomountains. Routes 390/191, Mountainhome 12 Church Avenue Mt Pocono, PA 570-629-3800. For more info, contact” Rhonda com –––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––– Worship 9 AM - Adult Sunday School 570-839-9902 Rev. Samuel Kofi Ashley @ 570-676-3131. 10:15AM 8:15 Communion Service 9:30 Celebrate Recovery Paradise Township Children's Sunday School 9:15AM Contemporary Service Christ centered 12-step ––––––––– Board of Supervisors-Regular Meeting- 11:00 Traditional Service recovery program 1st and 3rd Monday of the month @ Paradise Valley Baptist Church 7 PM every Thursday Alzheimer's Caregiver Support 6:00 PM Koerner Rd & Rt 390, Cresco House Of Praise Christian Fellowship Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church Board of Supervisors-Work Sessions-1st Group In Partnership with The and 3rd Mondays of the month @ 5:00 Sun. School, 9:30 AM meet at Comfort Inn Route 940 915 North Fifth St., Friendly Community Center PM, as needed. Sun. Worship,10:30AM by Lowes Stroudsburg, PA Time: 2nd Monday of each month Wed Service 7:00pm Bible Study Sunday Services 10 AM-1PM Bishop for info, contact Debbie at 570- from 5:30-6:30PM at the Loder Paradise Planning Commission Hamilton(Pastor) Phone# 917.497.5549 421-0750 or pastordebbieswc@ Senior Center in East Stroudsburg. 2nd Tuesday of the month @ 5:30 PM. Promised Land Protestant Church gmail.com. Facilitator: Jennifer Bayer, Route 390 SUN Services 10 AM Temple Israel of the Poconos ––––––––––––––– Community Outreach Volunteer with Paradise Zoning Hearing Board-4th – Egalitarian Conservative Synagogue: Tuesday of the month @ 5:30 PM, as Innovation Church –––– the Alzheimer's Association Sundays at 9am & 11am 595-2000 711 Wallace Street at Avenue ‘A’ , Strouds- Pocono Mountains Men’s needed. burg, Pa. 18360. Sabbath Services: Contact: 570-517-9292 or bayer4@ Friday evening 7:00 PM followed by Fellowship (men only) ptd.net Paradise Environmental Advisory B-Nai Harim a Traditional Oneg Shabbat. Saturday Bible study group meets every third Council/Open Space Committee—3rd (Children of the mountains)A Reform morning 9:30 AM followed by a tradi- Saturday 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Eastern Thursday of the month at 5:00 PM –––––––––––––––––– Jewish congregation. tional Kiddush. Hebrew School – High Monroe County Library, 1002 North Nearly New Shop Held at Paradise Township Building Holiday Services – Passover Seder – Pu- –––––––––––––––– www.bnaiharimpoconos.org Ninth Street, Stroudsburg, PA. Bring Rt. 390, Mountainhome, PA (across Pocono Crest Rd at Rt 940 and Sul- rim Party – Family Chanukah Menorah Lighting – Adult Educational Programs a friend and don’t forget your Bible! from Municipal Building) Pocono Area Recreation Commission- livan Rd.. Call 646-0100 – Social Gatherings. Contact: Dr. Sandra Contact Brother Eason at 917-561- Accepting consignments Tuesdays 4th Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM. Alfonsi – 570-223-7062. 9341 for more info 10am-12pm –––––––––––––––––– LifeChurch Poconos Donations are accepted any day the (non-denominational) Sullivan Pocono Mountain School Board Saint Nicholas Byzantine –––––––––––––––––––––– store is open. Trail, Pocono Pines First & Third Wednesday Catholic Church FOOD PANTRY SUN Service: 10:01AM Children’s Administration Rt. 940 Pocono Summit St. Paul Lutheran Church ––––––––––––––– Church Available Building (between Tractor Supply and CVS) 158 Fish Hill Road Tannersville, The Board of Trustees of the Barrett Swiftwater campus 7 pm Devine Liturgy (mass) Saturday 5 pm Tuesdays from Paradise Friendly Library meets on the ––––––––––––––––––––––––– St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Sunday 9:30 AM 11:00 AM till 1:00 PM. 4th Monday of the month at 5:30 pm in Upper Swiftwater Rd. Swiftwater Very Rev. Michael Salnicky, Paster Pocono Masonic Lodge #780 The third Wednesday of every the Weiler Family Community Room Sunday Service; 9:30AM 2nd Wed of the month -7:30 PM month we have a at the library. The Board meets every 570-839-0730 ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH Except July & August r 158 Fish Hill Rd., Tannersville PA 18372. community dinne month with the exception of December. Rt. 390 Cresco that is free to the public. The dinner –––––––––––––––––––––– Eglise Evangelique De The Rev. Carl W. Filer, Pastor is from 4:30 PM La Renaissance Worship Services at 9:00AM with ––––––––––––––––––––– till 6:30 PM. Mt. Pocono Monthly Lupus Support Christian Counseling Ministries HC 1 Sunday School for all ages at 10:15AM. Pocono Mountain Chapter of the Group Embroiderer’s Guild of America Box 1-B Swiftwater Pa Contemporary Worship is first Sunday Meeting, Every 3rd Tues. at 7 p.m. ––––––––––––––––––––––– (EGA). We do all types of nee- English Morning Service 9 AM of the month. Communion is 1st and 3rd Separate Teen and Adult Groups - St. dlework (Cross stitch, Hardanger, Mary of the Mount Church, 27 Fairview Sundays. Bingo! Canvas work, Crewel work, etc.) Avenue, Mt. Pocono - For more www.stpaultannersvillepa.org information, call Betty Kruk 570 894- Trinity Episcopal Church Bingo all year long… There is a different program each 570-629-1992 3629, the Lupus Foundation Sunday Services: Holy Eucharist - Every Saturday month. We meet every second 1-888-995-8787 or visit www. lupupspa. 8:00 &10:00 a.m. Doors Open 5:30 PM / Monday of the month from Septem- org The Cross Church Sunday School: September - First Call 6:30 PM ber – May at 7:00pm at Stroudsburg –––––––––––––––––––––– (non denominational) Bring a friend & receive $5 off $25 High School Cafeteria, West Main May 9:00 a.m. 3308 Rt.940, Mount Pocono (next to AT Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Morning Prayer: Tuesdays - 9:00a.m. bingo pack Street, & T) Tim Sahadeo Pastor Hosted by Promised Land Company Ladies Auxilliary meets on 137 Trinity Hill Road, Mt. Pocono, 570-580-2380 Stroudsburg, Pa. The contact the second Tuesday of each month at the PA Vol. Fire Co. person for anyone interested in our Firehouse located off Rt. 611 in Sunday Bible Study 10.30 amSunday 570-839-9376. trinitychurchmp@ Morning worship 11 am 1054 Route 390, Greentown, PA group is Bonnie Miller, 570-424- Mount Pocono. Contact # 570-676-3818 Contact Auxillary Secretary Tracy verizon.net Children Sunday School 12 Noon 6208. Coutts at 570-954-8310 for more info. Wednesday Bible Study & Prayer 7 pm –––––––––––––––––– Page 23 The Village View August 2020 In the men’s room at work, the Boss had placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it -- “Think!” The next day, when he went to the men’s room, he looked at the sign and right below, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign which read -- “Thoap!”
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