contents JUNE 2012 a n e C x e l 20 A 7 92 7 2012 Green Leaders 88 Show Pop He’s Tops! Happenings honors those who Find creative ways to show Dad protect our region’s waterways. you care in the Father’s Day Gift Guide. 16 Natural Attractions Discover natural wonders in 98 Men’s Health at All Ages your own backyard. Meet healthy men of every age, and learn expert tips for staying 20 River Guide well. Find highlights of Northeast PA rivers and watersheds. 122 Better Together Join in on the fun of reunions 36 Golf Guide hosted in this region. See where to tee off this summer! 134 June is Jumping! 41 Explore More & Win! Things to do, where to go, Enter to win tickets to The National everything you need to know! Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum! 60 History Revisited Learn how history in Hawley is shaping the town’s future through major development projects. 76 All Things Automotive Mark your calendar for car-centric events; peek inside a classic car, and prepare for summer travel. June 2012 HappeningsMagazinePA.com 3 MAILBAG Dear Happenings, FROM THE ASSOCIATE EDITOR Your magazine is a monthly read for my family and Publisher Paula Rochon Mackarey me. And it is a wonderful resource for our entertain- ment and source of local retailers. Managing Editor Barbara Toolan –Kathy Sallavanti (via email) Art Director Lisa M. Ragnacci DearIt’s the sixth Readers, year Happenings is honoring still think spending time on the rocky shore… Northeast PA’s Green Leaders! This year, we where you can’t download an app, skype or Associate Art Director Peter Salerno Dear Happenings, put the focus on water preservation.We’ve even get a text message… is good for one’s I absolutely love Administrative Assistant Katherine Kempa chosen the 2012 Green Leaders (on pages 7- soul. Now that I have a daughter, I place even this magazine! It is 14) because they’re passionate about protect- greater priority on protecting this natural Associate Editor Erika A. Bruckner pure perfection ing waterways.You’ll meet a 79-year-old who resource. I want her to experience the river in a highlighting not only Editorial Assistant Melissa Sanko calls the Delaware River a friend, a kayaker kayak, to find crayfish under mossy rocks, to people and events in Account Representatives Ken Chergosky who took the lead in mapping the watch in awe at an egret in flight and to skip the area but also pro- Rosemary Nye Susquehanna River and a volunteer who puts stones across the glossy surface of the water. moting everything Jane Preate his post-graduate environmental education On a visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame this area has to offer! Annette Profera to good use for the Lackawanna River. Excellent format! Lucille Sassi in Cooperstown, NY (see how you can win tick- –Mary Kate Culkin, We put three of these Green Leaders to the ets on page 35), I saw the small stream descend- Intern Lindsey Myers (via email) test on the photo shoot for this issue’s cover. ing from Otsego Lake. It was hard to imagine They were up to the challenge of kayaking that a meager trickle was the start of a 444-mile Dear Happenings, against the current and then across the river. Along the way, water drops and tributaries The article (Health On the Cover: Art Coolbaugh, David Buck and Owen Susquehanna River where it meets Buttermilk band together to form the mighty Training at CDE Career Worozbyt at the Susquehanna River boat launch in Falls… all to capture the perfect action Susquehanna, forging its way through three Institute, May 2012) as a Falls, PA. photo! It turns out the cover photo we used is states. In the same fashion, if we all follow the Cover Photo: Alex Cena Photography whole, was a great portrait a calm scene that doesn’t reveal the strenu- example of these Green Leaders, we can join of what we have to offer to prospective students. I Published Monthly. 350,000 copies annually. ous work the men put in on that day! (But together to create a current of respect and pro- especially enjoyed that you included relevant ©2012 HAPPENINGS MAGAZINE All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be you can still see the action photos at tection for these vital natural resources God has research about how the medical administration reproduced by any process except with written permission. www.Facebook.com/HappeningsMagazinePA). entrusted to our care. field is growing, as many people today are only going back to school if they have some type of Happenings Magazine published since 1969 My favorite place on the planet is not far I hope you get to enjoy and protect Northeast information saying that the field they are going into P.O. Box 61 • Clarks Summit, PA 18411 from where we held the photo shoot. It has PA rivers this summer.To help, we’ve put some is growing. This helps us to market this program to Phone: (570) 587-3532 • Fax: (570) 586-7374 served as the stage for my summer vacations, “current” events happening around our rivers at Email: [email protected] those that are looking for something stable. Thank weekend excursions, birthday parties and www.HappeningsMagazinePA.com! you for your time and hard work family gatherings.The scenic spot has been in Read online at: Happy Sailing, –Katie Gettmann, www.HappeningsMagazinePA.com my family for generations. Doctors told my Career Education Planner great, great grandma’s family that spending time there would heal her medical ailments. I Corrections Drop Us a Line! ErikaErika Bruckner [email protected] In the May 2012 article,“Volunteers of We want to the Year,” the names of Ed and Carolyn hear what’s on your Maurer were misspelled. mind; take a minute to In “A Journey of Recovery,” (May 2012) send us a note! Jay Goble’s name was misspelled. He • P.O. Box 61 was in a coma for six weeks, not six Clarks Summit, PA 18411 months. • HappeningsMagazinePA.com The wrong dates were listed for • [email protected] “Baptist Bible College’s Sports Camps” • Like “Happenings Magazine” (May 2012). The correct dates are July on Facebook • Follow “HappeningsMag” and 16-20.We regret the errors. –ED “ErAtHappenings” on Twitter 4 HappeningsMagazinePA.com June 2012 COVER STORY June MEET 3 MEN WHO sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 NEPA Bluegrass Arts on Fire Festival, Go with the Flow! Festival, Lazybrook Historic Iron Furnaces, Local Leaders in Waterway Conservation Park,Tunkhannock. Scranton.Sat.11 a.m.-7 –Photos by Alex Cena Photography Through Sun.Nepa p.m.,Through Sun. Bluegrass.com ArtsOnFire Festival.com Art Coolbaugh Personal: Son, AJ without disturbing the items from the 2011 flood- 3 4 567 8 9 Coolbaugh; Resides in Falls wildlife.” ing.The damage is exten- Bluebird House Cranberry Bog Frankie Valli & Queen City Days, 25th Anniversary Beer Festival, sive, and he says they’re still Sno Cove Water Park, Building Walk, Monroe Co. The Four Rep Joseph Wargo Riverfest, Olive St. Moosic. Workshop, Environmental Ed Seasons, State Sports Complex,E. Bridge,Scranton. Profession: Owner, On Being Green: finding items left from the Theatre,Easton. SnoCove.com Lackawanna College Center,Bartonsville. Grant St.,Olyphant. 347-6311. Susquehanna Kayak and Coolbaugh hosts a yearly Agnes flooding of 1972. Environmental 1 p.m.629-3061. 8 p.m. 7 p.m.Through Sun. Institute,Moscow. 610-252-3132 383-1406. Canoe Rental island cleanup and boat 6-8 p.m. 842-1506. www.KayakTheRiver.com launch clean-ups with the Why Get Involved: “To pro- staff of Susquehanna Kayak tect wildlife; to allow future 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 On the River: Scenery, fish- and Canoe Rental.The generations to enjoy the The Faces & Voices 144th Annual Flag Day Patriotic BioBlitz, Monroe Heritage Explorer of the Blues, Greater Scranton Concert, Central Co.Environmental Bike Tour & ing and wildlife made him group targets islands along river and so the recreation Tripp House, Chamber of Park,Honesdale. Education Center, Festival, Mellow fall in love with the a 10-mile stretch between possibilities continue to Scranton. Commerce 7:30 p.m. 253-4229. Stroudsburg. Park,Peckville.8 a.m.- Susquehanna, but kayaking the Whites Ferry boat grow.” 888-800-POCO. Dinner, Scranton 629-3061. 4 p.m. 963-6730. Cultural Center. is at the top of his list. launch and the Appletree “Relaxing, being on the boat launch in Harding. He Affiliations: Susquehanna water lets you explore led another cleanup effort Greenway, North Branch 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 inlets and this April, specifically to rid Land Trust, several Riverfest 31st Annual The Northeast Moravian First Day of Wyoming Valley 100th Anniversary PA State Fair, Suscon Rd., Heritage Sojourn, Summer Riverfest, Nesbitt Open House, islands- all the river of planning committees and Championship Pittston Twp. Susquehanna River Park,Wilkes-Barre. Tobyhanna Army water trail. Stock Dog Trial, Through Sun. from Wyalusing to Through Sun. Depot,Tobyhanna. Sheepy Hollow Shickshinny. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Farm,Hop Bottom. 746-9140 continued on page 8 24 25 26 2728 29 30 Secret Garden Yanni, 13th Annual OATS Three Dog Night, Art on the Trail, Tour, Honesdale. State Theatre, Blue Grass The Mount,Mtn. downtown Union 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Easton.8 p.m. Festival, Rodeo Laurel. Dale.10 a.m.-4 p.m. 253-1960. 610-252-3132. Grounds,Benton. www.Mount 679-9300. Through Sun. LaurelPac.com 925-6536. National Camping Month National Rivers Month International Men’s Month Dairy Month Great Outdoors Month COVER STORY COVER STORY Owen Worozbyt Personal: Wife, Sara the Lackawanna River daily, and more people are Worozbyt; Resides in Heritage Trail with my canoeing and kayaking the David Buck Dunmore mountain bike and pad- rivers.There are events held dling back down the river in on our waterways, such as Profession: Volunteer my kayak.” River Festivals on the Personal: Wife, Melody; Resides in (SGP) Susquehanna River Water Coordinator, Lackawanna Lackawanna and Sugar Run Trail Committee along with Heritage Valley (LHV).