A busy morning at our June 25 meeting. We got to honor three of Troy High School’s top 10 students who couldn’t make our ceremony. (Emma Mack, Ciara Pine and Mallori Morse). We had Jason Wiker talk to us about his Eagle Scout Project. We said goodbye to our exchange student Gao as he heads back to Thailand and we installed our new President Chris O’Connor!
photos provided/Troy Rotary Club
A busy morning at our June 25 meeting. We got to honor three of Troy High School’s top 10 students who couldn’t make our ceremony. (Emma Mack, Ciara Pine and Mallori Morse). We had Jason Wiker talk to us about his Eagle Scout Project. We said goodbye to our exchange student Gao as he heads back to Thailand and we installed our new President Chris O’Connor! photo provided
With the purchase of the new Bookmobile, the old one has been retrofitted into a mobile claims processing Van. This project was done with limited County funds and built by Veterans for Veterans. With the size of Bradford County and an aging Veteran population it makes it harder for the Veterans to get to the office, so we are taking the office to them. The Van was on display in front of the Courthouse on June 25. Two Basic Forge ‘n Fire Blacksmith classes sponsored by Rekindle the Spirit will be held at the Manley-Bohlayer Farm (Blacksmith Shop), East Canton, located off Route 414 at East Canton Crossroads, on Saturday, Aug. 8 and Saturday, Aug. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be an advanced class, knife making, Saturday, Sept. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For all classes, please bring your own lunch (drinks provided) and a pair of light leather working gloves.
Merle Eiffert, blacksmith/instructor of the class, will be demonstrating the art of Blacksmith. This art is taking hot iron heated on the coal forge and forming it into shapes such as door handles, nails, dinner chimes, decorative roses and wine glass holders. Participants will be making an item of their choosing during the six-hour session. Anyone wishing to attend a class please call Carol Welch at 570-673-4322 and register before Aug. 1. The registration fee is $40 per person and each basic class is limited to 10 people. The advanced class is limited to five people. Classes are funded in part by Bradford County United Way. Chemung Canal Trust Company (CCTC) today announced that, effective Monday, June 29,
13 of its 25 offices will be reopening their lobbies. For the safety of the bank’s customers and its employees, several acrylic-glass shields have been installed, as well as an accessible hand-sanitizing station in each lobby. When inside the bank’s lobbies, customers will need to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing of at least six feet. For identification purposes, bank employees may ask a customer to briefly lower the mask. Additionally, to ensure proper social distancing, the bank may need to limit the number of customers in an office at any one time. According to Anders M. Tomson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Chemung Canal Trust Company, “we are excited to re-open many of our lobby doors and previously closed offices to the communities we serve. The modifications we have made to each office will allow us to provide a safe and healthy banking experience for both our customers and our employees.” A complete list of the status and hours of all CCTC branch offices, effective Monday, June 29, is below. The following branch offices will be reopening their lobbies and returning to full service: • Auburn: 185 Grant Ave. (315) 253-7155 • Bath: 410 W. Morris St. (607) 776-3361 • Canton, PA: 5 W. Main St. (570) 673-5127 • Elmira: One Chemung Canal Plaza (607) 737-3711 • Horseheads: 29 Arnot Rd. (607) 739-0373 • Horseheads: 602 S. Main St. (607) 739-8735 photo provided
For his ninth birthday, Charlie Deacon of Towanda collected pet products to donate to Bradford County Humane Society’s animals. Charlie and his family spent some time admiring the amazing collection of cats at BCHS after they unloaded the pet presents. All are welcome to come see our gorgeous adoptable felines from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. BCHS is a no-kill shelter and a United Way of Bradford County Agency. The Bradford County Commissioners and Sayre Borough Council are pleased to announce the Small Business Support Program to assist businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This program is being funded through the Community Development Block Grant Program Coronavirus supplemental funds authorized by the CARES Act and are specifically designated to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus and other infectious disease outbreaks. The total funding available through the program is $166,152 for Bradford County businesses and $64,967 Sayre Borough businesses.
A bill to better support children who are victimized as they seek justice has passed the House and is now on its way to the state Senate, said Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter), prime sponsor of the measure.
“Ensuring justice is served is in the best interest of the victim, as well as society,” Owlett said. “By making it a little easier for a young victim to testify against his or her accuser, we improve the chances the perpetrator is appropriately punished and also potentially protect other children from becoming victims of the same criminal. by John Shafer
A statue had been erected in memory of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, considered by most to be one of the greatest Spanish authors. Yes, it also was vandalized, by someone who must not have cared about Cervantes’ history, for he actually was held as a slave himself by the Barbary pirates. So the wise, intelligent, and sincere person who vandalized the statue actually vandalized the statue of a slave. A statue of Matthias Baldwin, Philadelphia industrialist, life-long opponent of slavery and a champion of human rights for all, also was vandalized by the same type of genius who destroyed the others we have mentioned, no doubt by someone who leaped to the assumption that a wealthy industrialist had to be the bad guy; that is, if he knew anything about him at all, which he obviously did not. In a previous column we mentioned that a statue to the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a Black unit that distinguished itself at the second battle of Fort Wagner in the Civil War, was damaged by vandals, as was the World War II memorial in Washington DC. Overseas, statues of Winston Churchill, who perhaps more than anyone else should be given credit for defeating Nazism and Fascism, have been vandalized, as have statues to Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson, the greatest fighting Admiral in the history of the Royal Navy. Nelson crushed the Napoleonic fleet at Trafalgar, which had the side effect of damaging the slave trade. A statue to James Cook, probably the most accomplished navigator/scientist of all, also was damaged. It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Marie Harkness, a valued Canton Garden Club member since its beginning. Marie had been active in all activities with the club until 2017, due to ill health, she stepped down and was made honorary member. Hi All, I would like to wish all the people born in July a happy birthday.
Also would like to wish you all a happy 4th of July please celebrate it safely. Make lots of memories. I hope all your gardens and flowers are doing well. If you want anything put in the Ralston news just let me know maybe a special anniversary or a birthday. My number is (570) 995-5091 or email me @ [email protected] Have a great 4th of July weekend and a great week. |
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