Descendants of Donald and Vaughn Jennings will entertain a family reunion on October 18 at the Leroy school house. Open arrival at noon with lunch a 1 pm. Meat, ice tea, lemonade and bottle water, paper product and utensils will be provided. Please bring a dish to pass and an item $5 or less) to be raffled. Questions - 570-529-3847; 570-250-1322.
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Descendants of Donald and Vaughn Jennings will entertain a family reunion on October 18 at the Leroy school house. Open arrival at noon with lunch a 1 pm. Meat, ice tea, lemonade and bottle water, paper product and utensils will be provided. Please bring a dish to pass and an item $5 or less) to be raffled. Questions - 570-529-3847; 570-250-1322. They're back!
The Canton Firemen's monthly supper took a break for the summer but now have resumed. The first dinner has been scheduled for November 5th starting at 5 in the Canton Fire-men's Social Hall. Canton Fire Department's Bingo is held every Wednesday at their Social Hall.
Doors open at 5:30 with Early Bird games starting at 6:45 and Regular games starting at 7:00. The kitchen is open with a nightly special and the regular hamburgers, hot-dogs, and fries. Instant tickets are sold along with extra play games. Come out and support your local fire department. The Canton Borough Authority Board of Directors held a special meeting on October 1 with Chairman Jeff Cole and directors David Zimmer, Brian Landon, and John Mosser and Manager Les Hilfiger.
This week, Rep. Matt Baker (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) was awarded the Pink Ribbon Award by the PA Breast Cancer Coalition for his support of the Breast Density Notification Act, which was signed into law last year, as well as his authorship of the oral chemo parity legislation.
"I consider it a privilege to be able to support legislative efforts that support women’s health and the health of all Pennsylvanians,” said Baker, chairman of the House Health Committee. “The work the PA Breast Cancer Coalition is doing is extraordinary and has made a difference in so many lives. I was truly honored and humbled to accept the Pink Ribbon Award, which I dedicate to my sister-in-law, who has had a long battle with breast cancer.” Arnot Health is holding a free health screen to detect un-diagnosed COPD. The event takes place from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Nov. 6 in Center Court at the Arnot Mall, Horseheads.
The screening is open to adults 18 and older, whether they smoke or not. Motivational tools to quit smoking will be available. No registration or appointment is required. For further information, call Health on Demand at (607) 737-4499. The Northern Tier Partnership for Arts in Education and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts announced and awarded grants to 36 local non-profit organizations from seven counties.
This year’s grantees include organizations and projects in the several arts, including film exhibitions, choral societies, square dance festivals, lectures and symposia and many more. Funding is awarded in two categories; project stream (funding for a single event or project) and program stream (general operating and organizational funding.) Local organizations receiving funding for the 2015-2016 Funding Year are: The Northern Tier Partnership for Arts in Education and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts will announce and award grants to 36 local non-profit organizations from seven counties in a private ceremony on Tuesday, October 13, 2015.
This year’s grantees include organizations and projects in the several arts, including film exhibitions, choral societies, square dance festivals, lectures and symposia and many more. Funding is awarded in two categories; project stream (funding for a single event or project) and program stream (general operating and organizational funding.) Organizations receiving funding for the 2015-2016 Funding Year are: Moose Exchange Keystone College Troy Youth Arts Camp Blossburg Memorial Library Artists' Open House Weekend Downtown Bloomsburg, Inc. Jubilate Choir Deane Center for the Performing Arts Wellsboro Community Concert Association Tunkhannock Public Library Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra The Valley Chorus Victorian Christmas PA Heritage Festival Friends of Mt. Pisgah Ward Township Board of Supervisors held its October meeting with Chairman Ed Sheaffer and Supervisors Lloyd Ayres and James Tompkins, Secretary Elnor Blaney, Road Foreman Teddy Seachrist, Solicitor Chris Lantz and an audience of ten.
The township officials held an executive session for legal matters with Mr. Lantz, Ms. Blaney and Mr. Seachrist prior to the meeting. After the meeting was brought to order with the Pledge of Allegiance, Mr. Lantz was called on to explain the Township's position on the status of Old Possessions Road. Mr. Lantz said that on November 10, 2012, DCNR transferred ownership of the road to the township; however, his research indicated that, in order for the transfer to take place, the Commonwealth had to meet certain conditions relating to the condition of the road. Mr. Lantz said these conditions were not met. "They needed to bring the road up to standards before it was transferred," he told the audience. He added that if the township vacates the road, it will revert to DCNR or to private landowners. Mr. Lantz noted that the Township had developed a study which shows that it would cost over a million dollars to bring the road completely up to standards . He advised the township to seek grants, such as under the Dirt & Gravel Road program, in order to cover as much of the cost as possible. The large expense related to upgrading the road inspired some sentiment in the audience to allow the road to revert to the Commonwealth, but the residents along the road wish it to remain in the township. "We don't need it to be turned into River Road," one man said, "Just fix what is there!" He said that the township did put material on the road once, "and it was beautiful," but, he added, it soon was gone, due to weather and other factors. ![]() The Heritage Garden Club of Troy hosted a public meeting on Thursday, October 8 at the Troy Baptist Church. Ian McLaughlin, a naturalist from the Tanglewood Nature Center located in Elmira, New York, introduced the audience to three of his fine feathered friends. All of them are raptors, and they have either been injured by being hit by a car or as a result of a viral infection but McLaughlin assured everyone that they are in no pain and enjoy a good quality of life. They would be unable to survive in the wild. “Hank”, a red tailed hawk, is similar to a turkey vulture with a slightly smaller wing span. Unlike turkey vultures which congregates in groups, red tailed hawks do not congregate. Like all raptors Hank is a carnivore. In the wild, their main diet consists of rodents and snakes but at the nature center their food consists of frozen snakes and rodents unless an unsuspecting snake slithers into their cage. They do not migrate. Red tailed hawks, on the decline due to habitat loss in other areas of the country, are thriving in the Finger Lakes. They weigh about 3 pounds. Because they are on the highest tier of the food chain, they have a life span of 20 years. |
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