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2nd Annual Cruzin’ 2 B’daleSat., June 4

The Browndale Fire Company No.1 is excited to invite the public to the 2nd Annual Cruzin’2 Brown-dale Car Show benefiting the fire company to be held on Saturday, June 4, 2016, beginning at 12 Noon with food, music, raffles, and more until 5 PM at the Browndale Fire Company grounds, Route 247, 620 Marion Street.

Registration will begin at 10AM for cars, trucks and bikes. Rain or shine!

Veterans are encouraged to at-tend and visit the mobile VA van to pick up information on programs and services. We would like to thank our vets for all their service to our Country!

Cars, trucks and bikes will be on the grounds for all to enjoy! We will have music, food to purchase, craft and other vendors, raffles and fun! The public is invited free to the grounds to view the vehicles.

New this year we will be col-lecting non perishable food item (cereal, peanut butter, jelly, crack-ers, dry pasta, canned fruits and vegetables, bottled sauces, etc.) for the Forest City Regional Summer Feeding Program and help your friends and family in the area. The donation box will be in front of the food stand at the car show.

We are still accepting crafters, vendors and swap meet applicants as well as car show registrations but space is getting limited so contact us to register now!

For more information please check us out on Facebook: Cruzin’2 Browndale or email us at: brown-dalefire@gmail.com or phone us at (570) 785-5300. We thank you in advance for your support!

Vacation BibleSchool June 13-17

A vacation bible school, “Cave Quest, following Jesus the light of the world,” will be held at the Clif-ford United Methodist Church, Main St., Clifford, June 13-17, from 1 to 4:45 p.m.

Attendees will meet new friends, try amazing experiments, do spelunker sports, have lip-smacking snacks and surprising adventures and listen to incredible music.

Pre-registration will be Sunday, June 12, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Clifford UMC. Registration on Monday, June 13, begins at noon. You can also register on-line at www.clif-fordumc.org or call Diane at 570-222-5493.

Thompson TownFair on June 4

The 2016 Thompson Town Fair will be held Sat., June 4, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

There will be food at the old fire station all day on the corner of Main and Jackson Streets. Mu-sic throughout the day will be by Jimmy Steward. A conservation officer will present on wildlife at 9:30 and 10:15 a.m. and noon and 12:30 p.m. The parade will be at 11 a.m. and Ross Park Zoo will bring some guests at 1 p.m.

Jeremy’s Magic show will be at 2 p.m. and Ruff Rescue will have puppies and dogs to adopt. Yard sales and vendors will be held throughout the town. Thompson Hose will hold an open house and chicken barbecue that day.

Mayor Jim Delaney would like to thank everyone who helps make this event happen and hopes to see everyone at the Thompson Town Fair this year!

3rd Quarter Honor Roll – Forest City Regional

High School

High Honor Roll Grade 12 – Neal Albright, Julia Bailey, Anna Congdon, Courtney Daniels, La-rissa Grigaitis, Miranda McCart-ney, Haley Moyer, Jaime Phillips, David Pollak

Honor Roll Grade 12 – Crystal Akers, Joseph Baron, Monique Barrese, Kayla Bebla, Jordin Du-rante, Kyra Fortuner, Mary Hall, Mary Ligus, Katrina Ondrako, Macy Phillips, Sarah Stephens, Cheyenna Vaverchak, Daniel Ve-netz, Shelby Weber

High Honor Roll Grade 11 – Heather Agentovich, Jeffrey Burrell, Joshua Grudier, Kayla Jonas, Ryan Kelleher, Mat-thew Keller, Michael Kelly, Em-ily Lewis, Allison Lipko, Nicholas Megivern, Maria Montauredes, Don Nguyen, Jared Paulin, Jo-seph Piotrowski, Mikaylah Rut-ledge

Honor Roll Grade 11 –Jacklyn Akers, Kendra Bendyk, Caitlyn Bonham, Chrystian Hernandez, Robert Kuruts, Lucas Nevins, Em-ily O’Kon, Wolfgang Parente, Joel Smith

High Honor Roll Grade 10 – Ian Bailey, Crystal Carsello, Lee Clarke, Christopher Karwan, Sarah McHale, Corryn Prince, Sa-mantha Searles, Matthew Trotter, Erin Urban

Honor Roll Grade 10 – Pavol Almasi, Madison Gasper, Cay-lin Gibbs, MacKenzie Hartman, Kevin Kelly, Jordan Non, William Stephens, Matthew Tighe, Noah Yates

High Honor Roll Grade 9 – Blaise Albright, Cameron Brucher, Chloe Calabro, Jordan Coles, Josh-ua Doyle, Collin Ennis, Matthew Giles, Sarah Hunt, Emily Ker-noschak, Maggie Kowalewski, Natalie Lipko, Elle Mayers, Katie Nebzydoski, Katie Nguyen, Riley O’Neill,

Honor Roll Grade 9 – Ethan Branning, Anthony D’Antuono, Kary Gillette, Jessica Notari, Kath-ryn Novajosky, Lucas O’Neill, Alissa Pelick, Thomas Piotrowski, Keanue Rosario, Laura Statkun, Finnegan Yount

High Honor Roll Grade 8 – Nicholas Andrews, Madeline Bailer, Matthew Carey, Corey Daniels, Gary Druhl, Bryan Duls-ki, Emily Kelleher, Kara Kelly, Jon-athan Lipko, Kaleigh Matoushek, Alexander Montauredes, Bryce Rutledge, Tyler Skotch, Angel Vasquez

Honor Roll Grade 8 – Jes-sica Curley, Tyler Curtis, Justin D’Antuono, Carmine Gigliotti, Kendra Karwan, Jacob Tighe

High Honor Roll Grade 7 –Christopher Burnis, Montana Cook, Rhiannon Depew, Henry Nebzydoski, Isabella Pleska, Hope Reams, Claire Urbas, Jacob Wiley

Honor Roll Grade 7 – Arthur Bronson, Branson Casper, Charles Ewins, Stephanie Graham, Jacob Gray, Brady Hentschel, Kaitlyn Keller, Quinn Kovaleski, Madison McCracken, Erin Pearsall, Katrina Preitz, Isabelle Richner, Madeline Shema, Skyla Silfee, Alex Smith, Abigail Swegel, Benjamin Thomas

by Theresa OpekaDue to the length of the write-up of

the May 11 meeting, it was continued this week.

Next up in the discussion at the May 11 meeting of the Clinton Twp. Supervisors was discussion of the closing of the Waymart Am-bulance, and questions about as-sessments directed at Browndale residents.

Carrie Henderson, of the For-est City Ambulance commenting on the closing of the Waymart Ambulanc said, “It was in The Wayne Independent that they are shut down. I talked with Anita Thompson and she said they are trying to rework every-thing. They are looking for more board members. She also said Waymart Borough and the town-ship don’t give them money. The state EMA shut them down for 30 days. Forest City and Cottage are working with them because they don’t want to see them close. We are taking their ambulance calls. Your resolution for Clinton I has Waymart as the primary. We are asking you to change it to Forest City to cover the township for now. There are other organiza-tions coming around and promis-ing everything and do nothing.”

Coles asked if Waymart is go-ing through a reorganization and will they open again. Henderson said she couldn’t answer that.

Coles made a motion to change the resolution to have Forest City become the primary ambulance service. All voted in favor. Mo-tion passed.

Lopatofsky asked about those who live near Prompton because his mother had to wait 45 minutes for an ambulance to show up. Henderson said, “It depends on how many tones are sent out and who gets called.”

Ken Swan said he attended the Waymart Borough meeting last night. “Anita Thompson said they were not out of business but couldn’t respond to a question. It got into mismanagement. Jane Varcoe said they tried to look at their (Waymart) books for years. They aren’t transparent. They owe over $100,000. They used to service three nursing homes. One

is left and one is looking to come back.

Accountability was also dis-cussed. There were no logs of how vehicles were used, mileage, gas. The ambulance was used for personal use. Randy Thorpe from council raised questions about revenue. I asked how much of the revenue came from donations. They couldn’t tell us. Some board directors died and they weren’t replaced. They said they serviced other communities. They made it sound like other communities weren’t donating. Why would you want to donate if you don’t know where your money goes?,” he said.

He also said the drug epidemic, especially heroin, was discussed at their meeting. Cameras are be-ing put up in Waymart as a result. They also gave out a hotline num-ber for tips for the Wayne County Drug Task Force. 570-391-0657. The email address is drugtips@co.wayne.pa.us. He also said the Pride and Patriotism Parade is June 11.FIRE REPORT

Browndale Fire Company had 12 incidents for the month of April.PUBLIC COMMENT

Browndale resident Tom Bai-leys said Jill Droppa sent him the budget for 2015-2016. “But I expected additional documents on how storm water fees are as-sessed. Jill told me to call the EPA. With all due respect, the EPA doesn’t determine my bills.”

Coles said, “If we give you a copy of the reorganizational meeting minutes about the mill-age, is that what you are asking about?” Baileys said no. Coles said, “The sewer assessment is different because the lines needed to be scoped and work needs to be done and it had to be doubled.” Baileys also asked why his sewer assessment is different from oth-ers. “Another person’s bill is dif-ferent from mine,” he said.

Coles said he doesn’t know how it would be different but will check into it.

Baileys said, “Why are we as-sessed separately for street lights but people with dirt roads have

their roads treated with dust con-trol with no additional charge?” Treat said street lights can be as-sessed. Baileys replied, “This is ridiculous. There are some people that pay 4 or 5 assessments on top of their taxes and there are some that don’t. Not only do I have to pay for street lights but you take some off the top to pay for the secretary’s salary.” Coles replied, “That is your opinion. Extra as-sessments were done to the let-ter of the law. We follow strict guidelines. The federal govern-ment stepped in and said we have to pay.” Baileys said, “I want to know how you determined how much each person paid. It was determined by Clinton Town-ship.” Coles said, “That’s not true.” Treat said, “His question is what is the mark of delineation. Is it geographic, etc.?” Coles said, “I don’t know that either. We’ll have to contact the EPA.”

Glenn Abello made a sugges-tion, “Since there is such a divide between the rural and urban ar-eas couldn’t Browndale become a borough?” Ron Poska said there was talk about it years ago. “About $200 was asked from each resident for surveying and no one wanted to pay,” he said. Treat said, “I haven’t researched it but there were secessions in the state.” Coles said, “I think it would ben-efit the residents of Browndale greatly. If you would get a group together, I will help you any way I can. When the rest of the EPA fees kick in, it is really going to go up.” Baileys asked, “Does anyone think the Delaware Basin is far be-hind?” Treat said it was across the board. Coles said the issue is with the Chesapeake Bay. Abello said, “This part of the township has clean water. The half Browndale has had coal mines.” BRIDGE WORK

Non said two piers on the bridge on Brace Brook road are bad and need to be replaced. The initial assessment was $26,000. Non made a motion to put out bids for the project All voted in fa-vor. Motion passed.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8 at 7pm.

Waymart Ambulance closing and tax Assessments in Browndale discussed

Ros-Al Antiques “Great Summer Expo” in Scranton

The Lackawanna Historical Society will once again team up with Ros-Al Antiques and Floral for their “Great Summer Expo” antique show at the Four Points Sheraton on Meadow Avenue in Scranton. A Preview Party ben-efitting the Society will be held Friday, June 10 from 6-8 pm. The show will continue Saturday, June 11 from 10 am-5 pm and Sunday, June 12 from 10 am-4 pm. Tick-ets for the Preview Party are $25. Ticket holders will automatically be entered into a raffle to win a 4-day/ 3-night package for Fla-mingo Bay Taino Beach Resort in the Bahamas.

Dealers from all over the east coast will be selling a variety of treasures for all collectors includ-ing books, lamps, pottery, country pieces, art and vintage jewelry. Linda Roller, owner of Liberty Book Shop in Avis, PA, will pres-ent brief seminars about book col-lecting and appraisal. The sessions will be held on Saturday and Sun-day at 1 pm and 2 pm each day.

Local historian Ronald Moskal-czak will hold a book signing of his new book “Scranton’s Automo-tive Heritage” on Saturday from noon-2. The book details the his-tory of automobile manufacturing in Scranton, particularly Maccar Truck. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

For more information about the show or to purchase tickets for the Preview Party, contact the Lackawanna Historical Society at 570-344-3841 or email lackawan-nahistory@gmail.com.

The 12th annual Plant Ex-change & Marketplace will be held on Sunday, June 5, 2016, at the Clifford picnic grounds. Vendors will be selling their wares from 11:30 til 3 and pe-rennials from area gardens will be sold from 1 til 3. You also have the option of ex-changing two potted perenni-als from your garden for two plants of similar size or value. Many area gardens got their start from reasonably priced perennials shared by garden club members.

Eli Marsh will be sharing his musical talent with us again this year. There will be a food booth selling hamburgers and hot dogs by the Clifford Fire Company and the Lenoxville Methodist Ladies will have a baked goods booth.

The Marketplace will in-clude approximately twenty vendors. Some of the vendors who have been with us over the years include Burkes Ma-ple Syrup, Endless Mountain Mustard, Bloom (formerly Portable Playhouse), artist Joe

Kluck, June Lambertson from Brookside Pics, Sassy Albert herbal lotions and soaps and hand woven baskets by Patty O’Hara. Greenfield Power Equipment will be joining us again this year.

Several new vendors joined us last year and will be return-ing including No Bull Ranch selling beef and pork, Deb Kavka and Ann Miner both selling jewelry, Ros-Al Floral & Antiques and Mark Giblin selling fudge and strawberry shortcake.

The Clifford Historical Soci-ety booth will include a mini farmer’s market as well as jel-lies and apple butter; and this year the Susquehanna County Library will be selling annuals and hanging baskets to benefit their new library building in Montrose.

Master gardeners from both Susquehanna and Lackawan-na Counties will be on hand to answer gardening questions. And the garden club’s 2nd Hand Rose stand will have gently used gardening and miscellaneous items for sale.

A Chinese Auction will be held selling chances on vari-ous items donated by some of the vendors and garden club members. Chances will be sold the day of the event with the drawing held at 2:30.

For more information about the upcoming event, contact JoAnn at 570-222-3591 or jodi-hall@nep.net.

Plant Exchange & Marketplace in Clifford Sunday, June 5

Farmer’s Market Program begins Wed., June 1

The Farmer’s Market Nutri-tion Program opens up June 1st and vouchers will be avail-able throughout Susquehanna County. The program provides fresh fruits and vegetables to Pennsylvanians 60 years and older that have a qualifying income.

Each individual receives $20.00 in vouchers. The vouch-ers will be available daily at Area Agency on Aging of-fice located at 157 Spruce St Montrose from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Here are the following dates for other locations throughout Susquehanna County:

June 1st: Blue Ridge Senior Center, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; June 2nd: Lanesboro Senior Cen-ter, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; June 3rd: Lawton Senior Center, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; June 8th: Forest City Senior Center, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; June 9th: Montrose Se-nior Center, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; June 22nd: William Penn Apartments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; Howard J Emerson Apart-ments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; June 30th: Lenoxville Senior Cen-ter, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; July 6th: Creekside Apartments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; July 7th: Emerson Southgate Apartments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; July 19th: Kime Apartments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; July 20th: Harford Village Apartments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon; July 28th: Choconut Creek Apartments, 10:00 a.m.-Noon.

The vouchers will also be available at Congressman Tom Marino’s Senior Health Fair on June 28th from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at the Montrose Bible Conference in Montrose, Pa.

For more information or questions please call, 1-800-634-3746..

Carbondale’s Jennifer Korty is the PIAA District 2 Cham-pion in both the 1600m & 800m. Jennifer completed the 1600m with a time of 5:12.75, beating her nearest competitor by over 12 seconds, while breaking the CA school record for the 5th time this season! Jenn also won Gold in the 800m with a time of 2:22.42. She will be moving on to the State meet at Ship-pensburg University.

Korty wins Gold Medals

Mark tombstoneOf veteran toShow respect

In some National Cemeter-ies there is a tradition of plac-ing a penny on the monument of a serviceman to show your respect. If you knew the ser-viceman, you left a nickel and if you served with him you put a dime. To place a quar-ter is very significant because it means you were there when he died.

Our military deserves the respect.

Pancake breakfastset for Sat., May 28

An all-u-can-eat pancake breakfast will be held Saturday, May 28, from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Union Dale Church hall.

The menu will include pan-cakes, sausage, eggs cooked to order, juice, coffee & tea.