May’s minutes and treasurer’s report were reviewed and approved.
The Bradford County Heritage Association held its monthly meeting June 17. Attending were: Bonnie & Gary Pierce, Barbara Barrett, Dale Palmer, Marty Roloson, Deb Lutz, Connie Boyles, Joanadele Collins, Margaret Winder, Janet Ordway, Walt Wittie
May’s minutes and treasurer’s report were reviewed and approved. What a great week we had at Arts Camp! There were 70 students, 3 staff, 3 Grandmaʼs from the Foster Grandparent program and 5 guest Artists who worked together to make the week a success. Each day students had a focus group in Visual Art, Music and Dance/Movement. Some of the projects in Art were a painting class, tie-dyeing a scarf and building a structure through careful planning and working together. In music class the students used 5 gallon buckets for a bucket drumming lesson, did dance and songs from other countries, discovered boomwhackers and created a melody by using mason jars filled with water at different levels, then added food coloring to relate each jar as a different tone. In dance, students did improvisation, line dances, dance games and also had the opportunity to do hip hop.
The Bradford County Commissioners, unanimously hired Robyn Chamberlain of Troy to be the first Bradford County Tourism Director. She agreed to accept the position and the tourism agency is thrilled.
Ms Chamberlain received great praise from all involved. The Tourism and Promotion Agency is funded by the room taxes which are levied. As director, Ms. Chamberlain, who formerly worked at State Farm in Troy, will receive a salary of $45,000 and started her new job on June 26 The Standing Stone Vesper Church is having "AN OLD FASHION HYMN SING" on Sunday, July 5, at 7:00 PM.
Faith Jaynes is organist, Carol O'Brien is pianist, and Rev. Bob Martin is the speaker. Come and join us for an evening of worshipping Christ through music. ![]() The Bradford-Wyoming Co. Literacy Program celebrated its 35th anniversary recently at its annual Recognition Banquet held at the Wysox Fire Hall in Wysox. Guest speaker for the evening was Kevin Morgan, President and CEO of ProLiteracy, the national adult literacy organization headquartered in Syracuse, NY. Mr. Morgan, who became President and CEO in 2014, explained that those who read and are able to do basic math had someone who taught those skills to them. Yet the general public takes reading for granted. Adult literacy is a huge issue on a local as well as national level. Nearly 1,550 students were named to The University of Scranton Dean's List, which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2015 spring semester. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours to make the Dean's List. Alysha Grimes of Monroeton is a sophomore exercise science major in the University's Panuska College of Professional Studies Christine Talenti of Sayre is a senior biology major in the University's College of Arts and Sciences Mariah Turner of Canton is a senior political science major in the University's College of Arts and Sciences. A local woman informed us of another scam in operation. Her caller said the woman had won a publisher's raffle and had her choice of $250,000 or a new Mercedes-Benz. Her caller was persistent and tried to elicit information from her., but the woman was suspicious, and asked many questions, which the caller would not answer. Please be very suspicious of telephone calls of this type, and do not divulge personal information over the phone. Albavale Farm, located at 14129 Route 14 in Canton, will host a solar open house on July 10 from 10AM - 2PM. The solar open house will feature a 36 kW (kilowatt) solar array that consists of 120 solar panels. The solar array will cover over half of the farm’s total usage of electricity and is expected to save the farm well over $150,000 over the next 30 years.
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