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LETTERS TO EDITORThe Forest City News

FOUNDED DECEMBER 8, 1887Publication Number 204880

Is published weekly on Wednesdays at a subscription rate of $30.00 per year in Susquehanna,Lackawanna, and Wayne Counties; $40.00 per year in all other mailing zones, and is publishedby The Forest City News Inc., John P. Kameen, President, Patricia M. Striefsky, Secretary; and

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Back by popular demand “The Old Time Fiddlers” blue-grass group will perform at the Forest City Area Historical Society, corner of Dundaff & Main Streets, Friday, June 24th at 7:30 P.M. The group consists of nearly twenty musicians and singers from Northeastern Pennsylvania. The “Old Time Fiddlers” have been performing at the FCA Historical Soci-ety for the last several years to large enthusiastic crowds (see photo by Roseann Swegel). The group performs a wide range of folk and bluegrass music that you just don’t want to miss. Admission to this FCA Historical Society fund raising event is $5.00 for adults, Children under 12 Free. While at the FCA Historical Society, view the many historical displays from the Forest City regional area.

Old Time Fiddlers returning to FCA Historical Society

Quilting at William Penn Apts. June 22

Do you enjoy quilting? Want to learn more about quilting? Please come join us June 22nd at William Penn Apartment’s Community Room in Forest City.

A Noon time meal of Chick-en Fajita Salad, Southwestern corn salad, Tortilla chips, rice pudding, and milk will be served.

Please call Kelly Allen at 1-800-634-3746 to reserve your spot by 11 A.M. on June 16, 2016 or if you have any ques-tions about the event.

This free event is sponsored by the B/S/S/T AAA, Inc. and open to the public that is 60 years and older. For additional information on Area Agency on Aging services, please call 1-800-982-4346.

B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging, Inc. are funded in part by the Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Aging; the United Way of Bradford County; the United Way of Susquehanna County and the Bradford, Sul-livan, Susquehanna, and Tioga County Commissioners.

Roast Beef Supper in Thompson June 25

A Roast Beef Supper will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at the Thompson United Meth-odist Church, 586 Main Street, Thompson. Take Outs 4:30 PM and Eat In 5 PM. ALL ARE WELCOME!

LETTER TO EDITOR

Dear Editor: Governor Greg Abbott (R)

of Texas is correct in his opin-ion that President Obama is undermining the rule of law in this Country.

The Obama Administration has had no use for the Con-stitution laws that were writ-ten for this Country, and have done everything they can with their Progressive Agenda to destroy and practically shred the Constitution that was writ-ten many years ago. To this Administration, the Constitu-tion is just a piece of paper that has a lot of meaningless laws written on it, and it’s a piece of paper that should be burnt or shredded. What does it tell the Citizens of this Country when they see and hear that President Obama keeps issu-ing Executive Orders to govern this Country? If the Citizens haven’t figured it out by now after nearly the past 8 years of this Administration, then the Citizens had better figure it out between now and Election Day 2016.

Based on the current rheto-ric and nastiness that’s go-ing on between both Political Party’s on TV, and the vicious stuff that is written by newspa-per Columnists in Newspapers across the Country about both Political Party’s, it’s best not to decide definitely now who you are going to vote for in November. Think about it, and keep it all in mind if you vote Nov. 8, 2016. Cast your vote in-telligently! Don’t waste it!

John HollenbackGreenfield Twp., Pa.

LETTER TO EDITOR

Dear Editor: Enclosed is my payment for

renewal. Hope everyone is do-ing well. I get back now and then on day trips. Maybe will bump into you some time.

Ann (O’Neill) Jaynes Toms River, NJ

Pleasant Mount Firecracker 5KMon., July 4

Monday, July 4, 2016 join in for the Pleasant Mount Fire-cracker 5K walk/run. Start time is 8:00 AM. The location is Pleasant Mount, PA, at the intersection of Route 670 and Route 371. The course is a wheel-measured, 5,000-meter out-and-back; gradual uphill first, downhill back.

The cost for those preregis-tering (by June 25) is $15/per-son, $30 cap per family, and race-day, $20/person, $40 cap per family. No additional cost for T-shirts and water.

This race features overall and age-group awards. T-shirts are reserved for prereg-istered entrants, also available on race day Post-race festivi-ties and parade.

Proceeds benefit Boy Scout Troop 407, Pleasant Mount. To enter, please go to the Pleas-ant Mount Community Center website at pleasantmountcc.com and follow: Click Here for 4th of July Parade Information then Click Here for Race De-tails then Click Here to Down-load info and registration PDF. Print, complete and mail registration along with check to: PMCC, PO Box 9, Pleasant Mount, PA 18453 checks pay-able to BSA Troop 407.

Pleasant Mount 4th of July Celebration

The town of Pleasant Mount will hold its annual Fourth of July celebration beginning at 10 a.m. Parade Led by The American Flag carried by the Costel lo-Monahan-Brown American Legion.

There will be a program in the park immediately follow-ing the parade. The Pleasant Mount chorus will be singing patriotic songs and there will be vendors at the community center.

The Pleasant Mt United Methodist Church will have a chicken BBQ at 11:30 a.m. until sold out. Take out only.

The Pleasant Mount Library will be having a silent auction.

There will be the 4th of July Firecracker 5K Run in the early morning.

Applications can be found on the Pleasant Mt. Commu-nity Center web page at Pleas-antmountcc.com.

Use of BuildingRequests ok’d

Forest City Regional School Board approved the following use of building requests at the June 13 board meeting:

*NHS Human Services use of an elementary area for sum-mer session for their partial program June 20 to Aug. 19.

*Girls’ basketball use of gym for summer conditioning June 13 to Aug 6, 3 to 4 days per week from 5:30 to 7:30.

*NE Outlaws Baseball team, ages 15-16, use of baseball field June 15 to Sept. 1 for practice/scrimmages from 6 to 9PM once a week.

*Lynettes Twirlerettes use front of high school parking lot for practice sessions June 15 through September a few times a month.

Steamtown Marathon Com-mittee use of building and grounds for 21st annual race Sun., Oct. 9th.

No. Wayne FDGets $255,000For fire truck

The Northern Wayne Fire Company will receive a $255,000 grant to purchase a pumper/engine.

The grant was awarded through the Assistance to Fire-fighters Grant program, which aims to strengthen the health and safety of first respond-ers and those who serve by providing direct financial as-sistance to eligible fire depart-ments.

The program is funded through the Federal Emer-gency Management Agency under the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Fire Chief Tom Tisano and company officials Ann and Chris Chervanka, along with fireman Rich Watson, accepted the grant from State Rep. San-dra Major on June 9.

The volunteer company ex-pressed gratitude for the grant and to State Rep. Sandra Major, R-111 Legislative District, who helped secure the funding.

New traffic lawsNow in effect

With millions of travelers taking to the highways this summer, several new work zone safety laws went into ef-fect during May.

The most notable change re-quires headlights to be turned on in all posted work zones, not just active work zones.

Additionally, more expen-sive projects will have a speed-monitoring device to alert mo-torists of their speed prior to entering the work zone. All active work zones must be designated as such to notify motorists when they enter and leave the work zone.

Motorists caught driving 11 mph or more above the posted speed limit in an active work zone, or who are involved in a crash in an active work zone and are convicted for failing to drive at a safe speed, automati-cally will lose their license for 15 days.

Fines for certain traffic vio-lations—including speeding, driving under the influence, and failure to obey traffic de-vices—are doubled for active work zones.

Also, the law allows for up to five years of additional jail time for individuals convicted of homicide by vehicle for a crash that occurred in an ac-tive work zone.

LETTER TO EDITOR

Dear Editor:Soldiers from FC deserve to

be remembered.Recently, Forest City cer-

ebrated Memorial Day with speeches, tributes and personal stories. As the son of Frank J. Orasin who grew up in FC, fought in WWII in the Philip-pines and left a legacy of patrio-tism that set a standard for each of his six children, I felt a need to look deeper into all the men with roots in FC who fought and died for their country in wars WWI thru Iraqi Freedom.

It took me almost 3 years but in the end I was able to identify 96 men who died in these con-flicts. These include 22 in WWI, 60 in WWII, 3 in Korea, 10 in Vietnam and 1 in Iraq.

My research has been re-warding to me and hopefully will be to each relative of these men. I have detailed write-ups of each so that the descendants of these fallen men can read about these heroes, their units, the battles they fought, where they died and where they are buried.

Each write-up contains many pictures of their units, battle re-ports and burial details.

It is my wish that anyone re-lated to these 96 men take ad-vantage of the research which has been digitized and view-able. I have additional infor-mation and details and always welcome comments, correc-tions and additions to these write-ups. I can send a digital copy of any write-up via CD to any interested relative.

We all need to never forget the courage and dedication of these brave men who gave their lives for our freedom. Anyone wishing to contact me may get my email and home address from John Kameen of The For-est City News.

Frank OrasinSaratoga, CA

Happy Birthday to: Teresa Carlin, John Bezek, Jessica Co-rey, Lisa Eltz, Amy Branning, David Branning, Tania Pollard, Roger Dix, Julie Branning, Jackie Puntar, Vince Alnick, Chris Albright, Neil Albright, Danielle Renner, Ashley Peck, Laurel Evans, Norma Cole, Nancy Non, Midge May, Alan Kulakosky, and Shelby Borsh-eski.

Happy Anniversary to: Scott and Jacqueline Korkes, Stephen and Maryann Ku-likowski, Ronald and Diane Matalaga, Jarrord and Mar-sha Burleigh, Joe and Barbara Sprovkin.

Congratulations to the fol-lowing college graduates: Lackawanna College – Jessica Marie Laird, Pleasant Mount – Criminal Justice-Counsel-ing and Human Services and Thomas M. Figura, Lake Como – Natural Gas Compression Technology.

Congratulations also to Will Jonas, Pleasant Mount, who has attained the Marywood University Dean’s List. He is

majoring in pre-physician as-sistant and a nutrition minor.

On Tuesday, June 28th, 6:30 pm, there will be a Quilt Class with Lorraine Fenstermach-er, Quilts of the 1920’s,at the Pleasant Mount Library; $5 per class.

4th of July festivities will once again take place in Pleas-ant Mount. The Firecracker 5K Race/Walk goes on from 8am-9am. The parade starts at 10am with a ceremony fol-lowing in Meredith Park at 11am. A chicken barbecue takes place at noon at the EMS Building and Tractor Judging also takes place at noon behind the PMCC Building. Refresh-ments will be provided by the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. The library will be open for the book sale. Lots more activities as well. You can visit the Pleasant Mount Community Center’s website http://www.pleasantmountcc.com/ for more details.

TREASURERS REPORT Treasurer Bob Wirts listed

the following accountsSavings $22,863Checking $2,983CD $1,020Investment $5,560.Entertainment $872

OTHER BUSINESSThe Museum will be open

at the following times: Sun., July 3, 10-12; Sat., July 23, 10-12; Fri., Aug 5, 1-4; Sat., Aug 5, 12-2; Sat., Aug. 13, 10-12; Sat., Sept. 3, 10-12; Sun. Sept. 25, 10-12.

The Society will also begin

a lecture series with speakers and dates announced later.

The next meeting will be Sunday, July 10 at 6PM at the Museum. There will be re-freshments served.

Historical Soc. cont. from page 1

FCR SchoolGets Naloxone

Based on a request by Penn-sylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, For-est City Regional School will place the drug antidote Nalox-one in the school nurses office. The drug is used to save a per-son suffering from an opiod drug overdose.

Supt. Dr. Jessica Aquilina stated that the protocol for its use will be with the school nurse. She also indicated that if the drug is used, the person involved will be required to follow a policy for continued support.

FCR Music Dept.Wins top awardsAt Dorney Park

Students from the vocal and music departments of Forest City Regional School recently received top awards at a com-petition known as Music in the Parks at Dorney Park in Allen-town.

The FCR Vocal Jazz, Band and Jazz Band, under the di-rection of Mr. John Scavone and Miss Yuravich, all won first place in their categories.

In addition, FCR music department also won the Es-prit de Corps Award for their teamwork and behavior.

Union Dale Firepicnic July 7-9

The Union Dale Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its 2016 picnic on July 7, 8 and 9 at the picnic grounds in Union Dale.

On Thursday, July 7, fireman’s parade will be at 7 p.m. The Crooked Jack Band will play from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Dunk tank is spon-sored by Arlo’s.

On Friday, July 8, fireworks will be at 10:15 p.m. and rain date will be July 9. A medical helicopter demo will be at 7:30 p.m. and Blue London will play from 7 to 11 p.m. Nagel Jr. Racing is the dunk tank sponsor.

On Sat., July 9, there will be lawnmower/tractor pulls at 4 p.m. presented by Power Motor Sports. Rukkus will play from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. there will be basket raffles and 50/50 drawings at 10 p.m. Jonathan Fritz is dunk tank sponsor.

There will be clams, beer, rides, food and fun. For more info go to www.uniondalefire.com.

Free 3D printerDemonstration atPl. Mt. Library

On Wednesday, July 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Pleasant Mount Public Li-brary, John Frisbie, an elec-tronics instructor from Pleasant Mount, will con-duct an encore demonstra-tion of a 3D printer.

When Charles Hull of 3D Systems designed the first 3D printer in 1984 he set in motion a revolution in technology, manufacturing, medicine, food and fuel. New applications are being created every day. Scientists at Glasgow University UK are even working to estab-lish a universal set of chemi-cal inks that ultimately will allow people to print their own medicine.

Come see for yourself why this remarkable ma-chine is showing up every-where including the Inter-national Space Station. The sky truly is no longer the limit. This program is of-fered free of charge cour-tesy of John Frisble and the Friends of Pleasant Mount Library. OPEN DAILY 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. CLOSED Wednesdays

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Pancake breakfastset for June 25

An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will be held Sat., June 25, from 7 AM to 10 AM at the Union Dale Church Hall. Menu includes eggs cooked to order, sausage, pancakes, juice, coffee or tea.

Gas fee moneyComing to Susq. County

Susquehanna County and its municipalities will receive $5.2 million in Act 13 Natural Gas Impact Fees this year. It is a 14% drop from last year due to the present slump in natural gas prices.

Forest City Borough will be getting just over $102,000.

Auburn Twp. will be the municipal government in Susquehanna County receiv-ing the largest check as it will receive $805,000. Washington County will be get the largest allocation in the state with $5.7 million.

The total Impact Fee pay-ment in 2016 from the Marcel-lus Shale gas in Pennsylvania will be $188 million down from $224 million at its peak.

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* Monday: In House Horse Shoe League* Tues. - Trivia Nite/Bar Bingo

* Wed. - Bike Nite & Live Music *Thurs. - Corn & Clam Jam w/Live Music

* Sat., June 18 - Robbie Walsh & Jack Foley (7-11PM)

* Sun., June 19 - Friar’s Point Band (4-8 p.m.)Kitchen & Ice Cream Stand Open Until 9:30 PMNever A Cover! Always a great time at Arlo’s!