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SERVING CARBON, COLUMBIA, LUZERNE, MONROE & SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES EE FR Established TThhee FFrreeeellaanndd PPrrooggrreessss October 2013 A P R I L 2 0 1 8 • V O L U M E 5 • I S S U E 4 Freeland EMTs Recognized What a Great Day for the Sons of Erin for Their Service St. Patrick’s Day Parade! Photos By: MARY T. PAGANO/for The Freeland Progress Hazleton Police Chief Jerry Speziale joined Freeland Police Officer Scott Michalesko as he lead the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade up Center Street on Saturday, March 17th. State Representative Gerald Mullery presented citations from the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania to John Budda and Mary Beth Gallagher in recognition of their 41 years of dedicated and distinguished service as an Emergency Medical Technician with the Freeland/Northside Community Ambulance. Photo By: MARY T. PAGANO/for The Freeland Progress American Legion Post 473 provided the Color Guard for the parade. 7 year old Reece Assad of Freeland has the right idea. State Representative Gerald Mullery waved as he marched Happy Spring! along the parade route. PROMOTING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES & EVENTS AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE IN • Albrightsville • Conyngham • Jim Thorpe • Mountaintop • Tamaqua • Bear Creek • Drums • Lake Harmony • Mount Pocono • Trescow • Beaver Meadows • Freeland • Lehighton • Nescopeck • Weatherly • Berwick • Hazleton • Long Pond • Pocono Pines • West Hazleton • Blakeslee • Hometown • McAdoo • Sugarloaf • White Haven THE FREELAND PROGRESS PAGE 1 To submit an article/event/ad/photo to “The Freeland Progress” please contact The Freeland Progress Shari Roberts Editor/Publisher/Sales.................................(570) 401-1798 [email protected] Letter from the Editor Ron Harkins Is it ever going to be Spring? As I sit and write this, it is Sales / Writer ............................................. (570) 751-3287 snowing AGAIN! Another snow day for the kids, and a work at home day for me, although I keep getting side tracked. So Mary T. Pagano far I’ve made some swaps for a Girl Scout swap exchange, Contributing Photographer......................... (570) 233-1851 made dough for homemade bread (recipe on page 11) and am finally now, working on the “Progress” for a while before Frank Balon “LOVE” I make some homemade Baked Mac & Cheese. I’ll try and Contributing Writer Christian Article finish up more swaps later. Joseph R. Barna Ron Marchetti I enjoy a day cooped up in the house. I can get the Veterans Journal Sports Trivia Treats things done that I normally would not have time to do, but seriously, I hope the warm weather shows up soon. Every Kris Birshell Burt McNamee time the yard melts, it gets covered back up again. Vegetarian Cuisine Contributing Writer Now is the time to start planning for the Spring and Stuart Cameron Mystic Jim Summer. I ended up getting a calendar for my purse to write Home Maintenance Horoscopes, Writer everything on or else I will forget. Between Girl Scout events, Message Eckley events, camping, festivals and such, it is already filling Mary Novotnak & up. I need to pencil in a few days to relax! LeeAnn Davidovich Nick Evancho Fishing season will soon be upon us. I can’t wait. I love Contributing Staff Aerial Photo going fishing. I have great memories of my Dad taking Dale Regina R. Drasher Walt Shubilla and I fishing. One particular trip was out to Community Park. Kid’s Games/Writer/Sales Time Travels / Trivia It was snowing, so Dale and I kept going inside the cabin to warm up by the fire. We were also roasting kielbasi on the Eileen Lambert Lorraine Magula Smith wood fire for a warm treat. Nutritional Tips Poet As always, if you have any ideas, stories, recipes, etc., that you would like to submit for the “Progress”, send me an email Articles that appear in, or are submitted to The Freeland Progress are not a reflection of the opinion of The Freeland Progress. or give me a call. Find Us On Facebook: Shari Roberts [email protected] The Freeland Progress (570) 401-1798 F U L L S E R V I C E P R I N T I N G PUBLISHER OF “THE FREELAND PROGRESS” Raffle Tickets • Business Cards • Invoices • Envelopes • Letterheads Rubber Stamps • Flyers • Doorhangers • Outdoor Signs • Labels • Menus CALL (570) 401-1798 Email: [email protected] 103 Rotary Drive • Suite 6 • Valmont Industrial Park WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA 18202 You Think It ... I Ink It! THE FREELAND PROGRESS PAGE 2 © 2018 The Freeland Progress. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from The Freeland Progress. Spaghetti Dinner “Salty” Photos By: MARY T. PAGANO/for The Freeland Progress An Original Rockford Peach! The Freeland Little League held a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Saturday, March 3 at St. Michael's Recreation Center. The On Sunday, March 18th, Friends of Camp Louise held a meal prepared by JPaulB Catering consisted of pasta with fundraising event at The Cinema Draft House. The event had marinara (red) or alfredo (white) sauce, meatballs, salad, tricky trays and a 50/50. The featured movie was “A League bread and butter. Working at the dinner were (from left): front of Their Own”. Some of you may remember the movie row: Natalie Houser, Maggie Houser, Owen Houser and Ethan starring Madonna, Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and Rosie O’Donnell. The movie was about the formation of the Yanac. Back row: Andrew Barron, Evan Perkosky and Edward All-American Girls Professional Baseball League which was Yanac. formed because the men were fighting in WWII. Left Photo L to R: Front row: Chase and Ryder Mumie of Freeland. Back row: Chris Mumie with “Salty” Ferguson, an Original Rockford Peach, who was a special guest at the event. Right Photo: Salty’s original Rockford Peach uniform. A Vanishing Art Photo By: MARY T. PAGANO/for The Freeland Progress Coffee, tea, soft drinks and homemade dessert were available. In mid March, as winter came to a close, this snow sculpture appeared in the empty lot next to the Post Office on Main Street. The artist, who wishes to remain anonymous, referred to his sculptures as "a vanishing art". He creates them simply for people to enjoy and as the weather changes they slowly disappear. In the early part of the month, he sculpted a tribute to the U.S. Marine Corp in the lot across the street from the Post Office, but that quickly vanished as a new layer of snow blanketed the area. We extend our thanks to the artist for A tricky tray raffle was held as part of the fundraiser. sharing his vanishing art with us. THE FREELAND PROGRESS PAGE 3 Four MMI Students Receive Awards in Annual Klapper Memorial Holocaust Essay Contest the winners. Prize-winning entries will be read by the students and prizes will be awarded at the Hazleton Holocaust Community Service on Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. at Beth Israel Temple, 98 North Church Street in Hazleton. Sydney Karpowich is the daughter of Atty. Donald Karpowich and Tracy Gallagher of Sugarloaf. Julia Snyder is the daughter of Dr. Christopher and Dr. Jill Snyder of Sugarloaf. Lucy Butkiewicz is the daughter of Edward and Sheila Butkiewicz of Conyngham. Jakob Narrow is the son of Howard and Marie Narrow of Hazleton. Four MMI Preparatory School students placed in the 23rd annual Israel T. & Mildred Klapper Memorial Holocaust Essay Contest. Pictured are, first row, from About MMI Preparatory School left: Jacob Narrow and Lucy Butkiewicz. Second row: Jennifer Novotney, Adviser; For 138 years, MMI Preparatory Sydney Karpowich, Julia Snyder, and Grete Floryshak, Adviser. School has been providing dedicated (Freeland, PA – March 16, 2018) – Four Grete Floryshak were the faculty area students with a comprehensive and MMI Preparatory School students placed advisers for the competition. inspiring 6th through 12th grade college in the 23rd annual Israel T. & Mildred In June of 1939, a German ocean preparatory program that maximizes Klapper Memorial Holocaust Essay liner carrying nearly 1,000 Jews seeking each individual’s academic, social, and Contest. The contest is sponsored jointly freedom in America was turned away character potential in preparation for by the Hazleton Jewish Community from the port in Miami and forced to success in college and beyond. The Council and the Greater Hazleton return to Europe because of U.S. anti- school is accredited by the Middle States Ministerial Association. immigration policy. More than 25 Association of Colleges and Schools Senior Sydney Karpowich captured percent of those passengers died in the Commissions on Elementary and first place in the High School division Holocaust. For the contest, students had Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS). MMI and senior Julia Snyder placed second. to submit an essay of up to 300 words is a school where every student can reach Eighth grader Lucy Butkiewicz and listing the signs they see that the world is their full potential: academically, seventh grader Jakob Narrow tied for now more/less responsive to human ethically, and socially. For more second place in the Middle School suffering. A panel of judges chosen by information about MMI Preparatory division. MMI English instructor the Greater Hazleton Ministerial School, visit www.mmiprep.org or call Jennifer Novotney and History instructor Association read each essay and selected 570-636-1108. Thank you to the Freeland Chicken Pluckers for your donation to Girl Scout Cadette Troop 34211! Allie • Amanda • Camryn • Cassandra • Eleni • Julia Angie • Shari THE FREELAND PROGRESS PAGE 4 April 2018 B I Z A R R E & U N I Q U E H O L I D A Y S Easter Sunday 1 April Fool's Day Written