Attendance at Masses in all parishes in the Diocese of Scranton is limited to 25% of total occupancy for each church. Social distancing and face masks are still required. In Saint Michael’s Parish, to maintain social distancing, reservations are required and seats will be assigned. Call the parish office at 570-673-5253 or email [email protected] to request a reservation. You will be contacted with your reservation information as it is likely not everyone can be accommodated every weekend.
The Rialto has only temporarily gone away while we all get through this Covid-19 episode. The Board recently met to update everyone on upcoming events. One big item is the Friday Night Popcorn Sale!! For $10 you get a huge bag if you drive by the theater on a Friday starting at 5 p.m. Candy may also be available.
There is also the possibility of a Drive-In Movie Night to be announced later. The Rialto will try to do showings of the upcoming movies “Tenet”, “Mulan” and “Wonder Woman 2” once the movies are released and social-distancing in the theater is completed. If you have been wondering about the Marquee – the computer that powers it broke and it will be fixed soon. You will once again be able to rent space on it for special greetings. Now for the bad news – the projector broke as well. In order to replace it, the cost will be $6,000. If you can contribute to the fund to replace the projector, please send a donation – no matter what size (every little bit helps!) - to the Rialto Theatre, 5 East Main Street, Canton, PA, 17724. The Rialto Family is looking forward to seeing you soon. by Jase Graves
I don’t know about you, but the next time I hear someone refer to the “new normal,” I think I might scream into my middle daughter’s unacceptable new bikini bottoms that I plan to confiscate and turn into a coronavirus face mask. If adjusting my daily activities according to COVID-19 protocol is now the norm, I’m ready to declare myself an official freakazoid, which is how most people (especially my family members) see me, anyway. I just can’t accept this way of life, and I’m not gonna take it anymore – unless the government, medical professionals, the local Walmart manager and my wife tell me to. I now invite you to commiserate with me about various aspects of life that have gotten on my first, middle and last nerve. Speaking of the Walmart manager, I’m not sure I can tolerate another shopping trip for my three daughters’ nutritional requirements – like tater tots, cocktail wieners and Reddi-wip. I’ve been to the local Walmart so many times over the past two months that I recently dreamed I had to fight off an attempt by the manager to fit me with one of those “Proud Associate” vests. The nine independent libraries that comprise the Library System of Bradford County are excited to announce the 2020 Summer Reading program, Imagine Your Story: Fantasy Faire. This year is all about exploring creativity, storytelling, and the whimsical. “We have been looking forward to this theme for months and have been working so hard to coordinate fun and innovative performances,” says System Administrator Lea Chisum-Chaffee. “This year we had so many big bold plans and fortunately we have been able to retool many of them to work in a digital format to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”
Despite the loss of the highly anticipated kickoff, however, the Library System still has big plans to battle the Summer Slide. “Since we couldn’t host the Fantasy Faire event, we decided to rebrand the entire Summer Reading program as a Fantasy Faire. It really ties into all of our planned shared programs and it was just too much fun to abandon altogether,” says Chisum-Chaffee. This year’s Summer Reading will include all of the fun patrons have come to expect from their library including story times, crafts, and programs. Everything has just been modified to respect social distancing needs. Each library will continue to host their own story times, put together fun activities for families to take part in, and offer incentives for reading including expanded use of the virtual platform Read Squared. Read Squared is an innovative and interactive program that is very user friendly. Patrons can design their own avatar, record their reading, and participate in games and activities. Online tutorials will be provided to help patrons who are new to the platform and librarians are always just a call or click away for additional assistance. Each year the libraries also offer a number of shared performances that travel between each library. This year, those programs will move online utilizing familiar tools such as Facebook Live, Zoom, and Boxcast. All of the events will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. so each week families can log in during those times knowing there will be a fun program waiting for them. Recordings will also be available for those that cannot tune in live. This year many favorites are returning and a few new faces are bringing their own brand of creativity to patrons. All programs are designed to encourage laughter, movement, and learning. In keeping with the theme, each will incorporate the magic of storytelling and creativity. The Blockhouse Committee has canceled this year’s Blockhouse Festival due to the Covid-19 Virus pandemic.
On Holy Trinity Sunday, June 7, The Liberty Lutheran Parish Churches held regular services in each church with Linda Bohart, a lay minister. Her sermon was about the different names of The Trinity used in the Bible. Communion was observed in each church. North Penn/Liberty High School held individual, videotaped graduation diploma presentations for each graduate at scheduled times. Each graduate could bring 15 family/friends to the ceremony. The videos will be compiled together and will be broadcast to the public on a date TBA. The Blossburg Memorial Library is now offering Grab & Go pickup services for library materials! Patrons can schedule an appointment to pick-up up to 10 items per family (any combination of books, audiobooks and up to 3 DVDs) that have been placed on hold through our catalogue, via e-mail, or via phone. It may take up to 24 hours during our current business days to prepare materials. The catalogue is linked from our website, Blossburgmemoriallibrary.com. Patrons will need their library card to place holds on-line, but can call the library if they need help accessing their account. If somebody does not have a library card, let us know and we can help you out. Patrons can also make holds by calling the library (570-638-2197) and either speaking to staff or by leaving a clear and detailed message or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected].
Library staff will call or e-mail patrons after gathering and preparing requests to make a pick-up appointment. Current hours are on Tuesdays: 12-5 p.m.; Wednesdays: 12-4 p.m.; Thursdays: 12-6 p.m.; Fridays: 12-4 p.m. It is important that patrons arrive on-time to avoid appointment overlap. Items will be placed on a table on our front porch at the designated time in a sealed bag with first name and last initial. However, patrons can notify us if they need further assistance and are welcome to wave at us or speak to us on the phone through the windows. For now, there will be no fines incurred for late items. We encourage people to bring back items in a timely fashion and return all items checked out in March, so that we can properly quarantine and clean them according to CDC guidelines and make them available for other patrons. The last 3 months has been quite hard on everyone, I will keep wearing a mask as I think it’s the thing to do right now. Things are getting better as time goes on this virus thing sure has been bad for the world.
Cindy Putnam’s grandson Damon Park, son of Mike and Jami Park, turned 9 on his birthday on June 3rd. Gary and Esther Butcher were pleasantly surprised on their 50th anniversary, daughter April and Bill Barnes, Danville planned a drive by for it and delivered cake to the cars going around the drive way honking and yell as they were directed to sit in the front yard so she could take their picture with the large and beautiful cake, and a party started. The cars were lined up down at Bailey Corners, and they were really ready for a party. Due to the virus, everyone laying low. Turned out really well. Gary had her bring 50 red roses for her Mom. They are beautiful. Hi All, The Marine Corp. will be having a meeting on June 14 at 1 p.m.
I want to send out a big THANK YOU to Kim Bloom she had a fundraiser for Cody, Kristen, and Karleigh Jones their little girl has some medical issues so she wanted to help them out she raised $1,540 to help them out. Also would like to thank all who donated things and bought tickets. This is what I like about a small town. I hope you all have a great weekend and week. Recently we have found book donations on the steps of the library. PLEASE do not leave books outside as it is a safety issue and if we have bad weather the books get damaged causing us to dispose of them. Registration for this year’s Epic Virtual Summer Reading Adventure: Imagine Your Story for children up to grade 6 continues! To register your child(ren), please e-mail the library at [email protected] with their name, age, grade if in school, your address, e-mail address and phone number so that we may stay in contact with you. Several families have signed up for Readsquared and I look forward to seeing their progress over the summer. The children can log the minutes that they read, how many books, play games and earn badges. The link is http://greenfreecanton.readsquared.com. Contact the library if you need help signing your child(ren) up or have any questions about the program. What a beautiful day in PA! Crystal clear blue sky, gentle breeze (especially compared to yesterday’s wind) and humidity at a low percentage. I had laundry on the line before 8 a.m. and have wandered the grounds checking on “stuff”. The pots of veggies look good and now I see lots of buds on the climbing rose bush and blossoms on the black cap berry bushes. I pray things continue to come along.
Last Wednesday Ron had a doctor appointment in Elmira with the kidney specialist. They had moved from Madison Avenue to the Ivy Building area behind the Arnot-Ogden Hospital. They sent us a map with the visit reminder so we were set ready to go, only to find that the Walnut Street bridge was closed for repairs. Fortunately the detour was marked well and Ron has always had a compass in his head (probably from driving truck for 20 years) so we still made it in plenty of time. How odd with the masks, temperatures and info taken etc. We felt bad for the gentleman in line ahead of us when they told him his temp was too high, “take a seat a bit, we’ll take it again, and, if down, then you can go on up”. I can’t quite describe the feelings that accompany these tactics, but, we have no choice. For now anyway. We filled the car with gas before leaving Elmira, and ¾ of a tank saved us almost $5! Is that not ridiculous? What frustration surrounds us here in PA. |
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