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When Patty Lawler ran for mayor in 2013,her platform was that Clarks Summit was the“heart” of the Abingtons.Now, Lawler wants to take that platform

and bring it to life with the inaugural mayoralbrunch, which will benefit the Finish ShopPocket Park on Depot Street, on Saturday,April 18, from 10 a.m. to noon at the RamadaClarks Summit, 820 Northern Boulevard.“It was always in the back of my mind since

I’ve been mayor to do this,” Lawler said. “I’vemet so many different people and I want themto meet each other. Some of them, of course,do know each other. I want neighbors to get toknow each other as well as other groups, too.”Part of the morning’s festivities will include

an awards ceremony thanking people or groupswho have donated goods or services towardpreparing the park for its planned opening thisspring. Those who will receive awards includethe Maria family, the Lackawanna Countycommissioners, the Greater Scranton Boardof Realtors, Johnson College, the State StreetGrille, the Clarks Summit Shade Tree Com-mission and Harry Mumford, who created andbuilt the park’s pocket library; Ned Connell,who designed the park; and Nicholas Piccini,who surveyed the land.“It takes a community to make a pocket

park,” Lawler said. “It also gives me an oppor-tunity to publicly thank those who have comeforward to make donations. This park will bean asset to Depot Street.”For event chair Gale Jaeger, the brunch is

a way to spend a Saturday morning getting toknow people, versus the cold and unfriendlyatmosphere of a restaurant where you are onlyinteracting with those who are seated at yourtable.“The whole idea behind this is community,”

she said. “You want to meet people from theAbingtons. This isn’t just for Clarks Summit;this brunch is for people from all surroundingareas. It is a chance for people to get out andhave fun and meet their neighbors. None of

which you can do at a restaurant.”The brunch will also include a keynote

speech from Sarah Buynovsky ofWNEP, who isalso a borough resident, raffles and door prizes.According to Lawler, this brunch will be

the final major fundraiser for the park. Ticketsare $20 and are available at NBT Bank, 318

E. Grove St., Clarks Green; Everything Natu-ral, 426 S. State St., Clarks Summit, and at theClarks Summit Borough Building, 304 S. StateSt., second floor.For more information, call the Clarks Sum-

mit Borough Office at 570-587-3026 weekdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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A Brunch with NeighborsClarks Summit prepares for inaugural mayoral breakfast, awards

Preparing for the inaugural mayoral brunch for Clarks Summit borough are, from left: NellDonnelly-O’Boyle, Greater Scranton Board of Realtors; John DeAngelis, Johnson College; PattyLawler, Clarks Summit Borough Mayor; Harry Mumford, Finish Shop Pocket Library; DanelleHogan, committee member; and Gale Jaeger, brunch chair. The brunch will be held on Saturday,April 18, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Ramada Clarks Summit, 820 Northern Blvd. Tickets are$20 and all proceeds will benefit the Finish Shop Pocket Park (pictured). For tickets or for moreinformation, call the Clarks Summit Borough Office at 570-587-3026 weekdays from 9 a.m. to3 p.m.

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The Keystone College Concerts andLectures Series will welcome ArthurCaplan, Ph.D., an internation-

ally known bioethicistfor a free program,“Violence, Guns andthe Ethics of MentalHealth Care” onWednesday, April8, at 7 p.m. in EvansHall in the HibbardCampus Centeron the campus inLaPlume.Caplan serves as

the Drs. William F.and Virginia ConnollyMitty Professor andthe founding direc-tor of the Division ofMedical Ethics at NewYork University’s Lan-gone Medical CenterDepartment of Population Health.His lecture at Keystone will address issues

facing mental health care today, includingways to prevent gun violence, screening pa-tients to determine risk profiles and currentfunding efforts to reduce suicides, domesticabuse and homicides by guns.Prior to his position atNYULangone, Ca-

plan was the Sidney D. Caplan Professor ofBioethics at the University of Pennsylvania’sPerelman School of Medicine in Philadel-phia, where he created theCenter for Bioeth-ics and theDepartment ofMedical Ethics.Healso taught at the University of Minnesota,where he founded the Center for Biomedi-cal Ethics, the University of Pittsburgh andColumbia University. He was the associatedirector of the Hastings Center for bioethicsresearch from 1984-1987.Caplan has served on several national and

international committees including: chair ofthe National Cancer Institute BiobankingEthicsWorking Group; chair of the AdvisoryCommittee to theUnitedNations onHumanCloning; chair of theAdvisory Committee tothe Department of Health and Human Ser-vices on Blood Safety and Availability; anda member of the Presidential Advisory Com-mittee on Gulf War Illnesses, among others.He is a member of the board of directors ofThe Franklin Institute, the board of visitors ofthe Columbia University School of Nursing

and the board of directors of the AmericanAssociation of University Professors Founda-tion. Caplan served as the co-director of the

Joint Council of Europe/United Nations Study onTrafficking in Organs andBody Parts. He is currentlythe ethics adviser on syn-thetic biology to the De-fense Advanced ResearchProjects Agency, an agencyof the United States De-partment of Defense.Caplan is the recipi-

ent of many awards andhonors including theMcGovern Medal of theAmerican Medical WritersAssociation and the Frank-lin Award from the City ofPhiladelphia. He receivedthe Patricia Price BrownePrize in Biomedical Ethics

for 2011. He was name a “Person of the Year- 2001” by USA Today and was described asone of the “Ten Most Influential People inScience” by Discover magazine in 2008.He has also been honored as one of the

“Fifty Most Influential People in AmericanHealth Care” by Modern Health Care maga-zine, one of the “TenMost Influential PeopleinAmerica in Biotechnology by” theNation-al Journal, and one of the “TenMost Influen-tial People in the Ethics of Biotechnology” bythe editors of Nature Biotechnology.Dr. Caplan is the author or editor of

thirty-two books and over 600 papers in peerreviewed journals. He appears frequently as aguest and commentator on various other na-tional and international media outlets.He holds seven honorary degrees from

colleges and medical schools. He is a fellowof the Hastings Center, the New York Acad-emy ofMedicine, theCollege of Physicians ofPhiladelphia, the American College of LegalMedicine and the American Association forthe Advancement of Science. He completedhis undergraduate work at Brandeis Universi-ty, his graduate work at Columbia Universitywhere he also received a doctorate in the his-tory and philosophy of science in 1979.For more information on Dr. Caplan’s lec-

ture at Keystone College, please contact Dr.Dorothy Anthony at 570-945-8416 or [email protected].

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Tree Commissionby Joshua ArpSPECIAL TO THE ABINGTON SUBURBAN

Last week, I had the opportunity tomeet with a woman who thought she wasstarting from scratch with her landscape.From all appearances,she was — until wewalked her propertyand considered thecategories of the land-scape planning work-sheet I had given her.At the top of the

worksheet there is anintroductory state-ment that says thatthere are existing fea-tures around whichto work. However,she had a brand-newhouse. What featureshad to be workedaround? As we walked,we found that she hadthree doorways andthree downspouts nearthe most prominentcorner of her home.Before she could evenbegin to think aboutplanting, she neededto resolve two in-frastructure issues,namely drainage andwalkways. Of thesetwo issues, drainageneeded to be solved first because the wa-ter from the downspouts — two of whichdrain one third of the roof — needs to bechanneled under the walkways to avoiderosion. In the most extreme case, thun-derstorm water from the downspouts couldwash out the base of any sidewalks yet tobe installed. On the other hand, althoughon a smaller scale (and perhaps more ir-ritating) every rain event could mean un-covering the sidewalk from piles of mulchand soil that should otherwise stay in thelandscape bed.Once the drainage issue is settled, the

new homeowner needs to think about thelocation of the sidewalk. The sidewalkneeds to be designed in such a way as to

provide continuity and access to each ofthe three doorways. If any dimension ofcontinuity is neglected — either by chang-ing sidewalk materials or dimensions or bynot providing for traffic flow, the sidewalk

will forever subcon-sciously linger as anafterthought.Once the sidewalk

is located, then it canbe ornamented withplantings. In this case,on the house side, thehomeowner is eager tocreate landscape bedsfilled with large, na-tive, flowering shrubs.Whether or not thisis possible, however,should be determinedby the space affordedby the placement ofthe sidewalk and notvice-versa. On theother side of the side-walk, the homeownerhas decided to installa low-maintenancelawn alternative andshe expects that peri-odically her husbandwill drive across thisarea to access the base-ment of the home andbarn. Here again, thesize and slope of this

lawn area will be directly affected by theplacement of the sidewalk.This example demonstrates how impor-

tant it is to follow a logical hierarchy thataccounts for all green and non-green fac-tors when you plan your landscape. A goodworksheet will help you to itemize all ofthe factors in this decision-making processfrom existing features, to desired featuresand uses, to project phasing, future main-tenance and budget.

Joshua Arp is an ISA-certified MunicipalSpecialist, a Clarks Summit tree commissionerand an operator of a landscape maintenancebusiness. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Bunny BreakfastThe Fleetville Volunteer Fire Co. will

host a breakfast with the Easter Bunnyon Saturday, April 4, beginning at 9 a.m.at the fire house, located on Rte. 407.Tickets are $5; children younger than 10will be admitted for free. The Lions Clubof Benton Township will host an egg huntimmediately after the breakfast.

Book Club MeetingThe Mysteries and Detectives Book

Club will meet on Tuesday, April 14, at 7p.m. at the Abington Community Library,1200 W. Grove St. The selection for Aprilis “A for Alibi” by Sue Grafton.

AH Art ShowsThe Abington Heights School District

will host a series of student art shows asfollows:

• Newton-Ransom ElementarySchool, 1549 Newton-Ransom Boule-vard: Tuesday, April 14, 6-7:30 p.m.

• South Abington Elementary School,640 Northern Boulevard: Thursday, April23, 5-7 p.m.

• Abington Heights Middle School,1555 Newton-Ransom Boulevard:Wednesday, April 29, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

• Clarks Summit Elementary School,401 W. Grove St.: Thursday, May 7,6-7:30 p.m.

• Abington Heights High School, 222Noble Road: Thursday, May 14, 6-8 p.m.

• Waverly Elementary School, 103Waverly Road: Monday, May 18, 6-7:30p.m.

Information SessionThe Special Education Department

of the Abington Heights School Districtwill host an information session present-ed by the Center for Independent Livingon Tuesday, April 14, from 6:30-8 p.m. inthe Abington Heights High School Audito-rium, 222 Noble Road, Clarks Summit.Ed Ryan will present information on thecenter’s services. The Center for Indepen-dent Living assists adults 18 years of age

and older by developing specific serviceplans that suit their individual needs tolive independently in the comfort andsafety of their own homes. These in-home services include personal hygiene,meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping,therapies, home modifications, non-medi-cal transportation and adult day services.Ryan will explain who qualifies for theseservices, how to apply and what servicesare available. Call Abington Heights Direc-tor of Special Education Dr. Fran A. Ras-souli at 570-585-8278 for special accom-modations to attend this session or formore information.

Reunion PlannedThe Abington Heights High School

Class of 1965 is planning its 50th yearreunion later this year and is searchingfor “lost” members. Classmates that stillneed to be found include Ralph Beck,Ruth Ann Bogert Ospasnick, Robert Carv-er, James Costello, Sally Davis Hodge,Dale Eisele Aguilera, Gerald Heller, NancyHouser Pivovarnik, Margaret Hunt Sweet,David Hurst, Joan Hynak Kost, DonaldKeller, udith Lendrim, Jean MacRobbie,Hazel MacWaters Pikkel, Richard Morgan,Paul Myers, Donna Palmer Osborn, Rob-ert Gerald Renard, Dorothy Sherman, AnnVandemark Butler, James Villaume andJeffery Vogelbacker. Anyone with informa-tion on these classmates can call SandyCarr Kresge at 570-587-3560 or [email protected] or call Guy Ehler at610-322-2539 or email [email protected].

Actor’s CircleThe Actor’s Circle will present “The

Miracle Worker” by William Gibson at theProvidence Playhouse, 1256 ProvidenceRoad, Scranton, from Thursday, April 16,through Sunday, April 26. Thursday, Fridayand Saturday showtimes are 8 p.m. andSunday showtimes are at 2 p.m. Ticketsare $12; $10 for seniors and $8 for stu-dents. A preview performance will be heldon Thursday, April 16, at 8 p.m.; ticketsfor this performance are $8; $6 for stu-

dents. Call 570-342-9707 for tickets orvisit actorscircle.org for more information.

ASL ClassesThe Scranton School for Deaf and

Hard-of-Hearing Children, 537 VenardRoad, South Abington Twp., will host a six-week American Sign Language Course onWednesday evenings from April 22 to May27. Three levels of sign language will beoffered. Cost is $65 and is due via cashor check when registration is submitted.Checks should be made payable to theScranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. For more informationor to register for the course, call HannahThebarge at 570-585-1000 or email [email protected]

Fly Fishing CampKeystone College, in conjunction

with Trout Unlimited, will host a conser-vation and fly fishing summer camp forteens age 14-18 from Sunday, June 14,through Saturday, June 20, on the col-lege’s LaPlume campus. Some fishingexperience is necessary and after sub-mission of application there is a selec-tion process. Students will be housed oncampus in dormitories and fed in the col-lege cafeteria. Students will be instructedon the intricacies of fly fishing and theywill also learn all about the sciences offish biology, aquatic insect life, waterquality management, aquatic vegetationand trout habitat. Instructors are fromthe Pennsylvania Department of Envi-ronmental Protection, the PennsylvaniaDepartment of Conservation and NaturalResources, the Pennsylvania Fish andBoat Commission, various county con-servation districts, local universities andTrout Unlimited. There is a fee of $275for the camp, but there are also scholar-ships available for low income families.It is not necessary to have or bring anyequipment, all materials and equipmentwill be supplied by Trout Unlimited. For anapplication or for more information, visitlackawannavalleytu.com or call 570-954-5042.



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[email protected]. Pleasehave them in by noon on Friday to havethem included in the following Thursday’sedition. Visit the abingtonsuburban.comfor the complete calendar listing, includingadditional events.

SPECIAL EVENTSThursday, April 2: Poetry ReadingIn celebration of National Poetry

Month, the Keystone College Concertsand Lectures Series will present a free poet-ry reading by poets Elaine Equi and JeromeSala, Ph.D., on Thursday, April 2, at 7 p.m.in the Theatre in Brooks on the LaPlumecampus.For more information, call Kate

Dempsey Jones at 570-945-8161 or [email protected].

Through Friday, April 3:Pizza Sale

The Chinchilla Hose Co.’s annual pizzasale will be held every Friday in Lent at thefire hall, 104 Shady Lane Road, from 2-7p.m. Red, white and white broccoli pizzatrays will be available. Orders can be placedon Fridays beginning at noon by calling570-586-5726. Walk-ins are welcome.

Through Friday, April 3:Pizza and Halushki Sale

The Factoryville Fire Co. ladies auxil-iary will host its annual pizza and halushkisale on Fridays from through April 3 at thefire hall, 120CollegeAve. A 12-cut pie willbe $9 and $1 for each additional topping(mushrooms, onions, pepperoni or broc-coli). White pizza will also be available.Halushki will be sold by the quart or by thepint. Good Friday broccoli and cheese isavailable by order only. Call 570-945-5769after 3 p.m. on Fridays for preorders or formore information.

Friday, April 3: Pasta e Fagioli SaleThe Clarks Summit United Methodist

Church, 1310 Morgan Highway, will hosta pasta e fagioli and vegetable soup saleon Friday, April 3, from 3-7 p.m. in thechurch’s Fellowship Hall. Tickets are $6for take-out, $7 for eat-in. For people whocannot attend or who do not like soup, thechurch will donate soup to a family or shut-in with ticket purchase. Advance ticketsare available by calling 570-587-2571 anda limited number of tickets will be avail-able at the door.

Saturday, April 4: Easter Egg Hunt

The Countryside Community Church,14011 Orchard Drive, Newton Twp., willhost an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April4, beginning at 1 p.m., for children up tosixth grade. Registration is required byTuesday, March 31. Call 570-587-3206 orvisit countryside-church.org for more in-formation.

Sunday, April 12: Philadelphia TripThe Marywood University Lifelong

Learners will host a trip to Philadelphia onSunday, April 12, for a presentation of thePhiladelphia Pops Orchestra. The bus willleave from Marywood University at 10 am.The group will have brunch at the Water-works Restaurant followed by the concert.The cost of the trip is $155. Call 570-383-0544 for more information.

Through Friday, May 29:Observatory Hours

The Keystone College Thomas G. Cu-pillari ’60Astronomical Observatory springprogram will continue each Wednesdayand Friday through Friday, May 29, withthe exception of Friday, April 3.Open to the public and free of charge,

the spring sessions will be held regardless ofsky conditions and will be cancelled by thethreat of severe weather.This season’s astronomical programs

will feature an illustrated lecture and tele-scopic observations. The main objectsplanned for viewing include the moon, theplanets Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars andSaturn, and various double stars, star clus-ters, nebulae and galaxies.Large groups such as school classes,

scouts and community organizations inter-ested in attending a session may contactprofessor Thomas Cupillari at 570-945-8402 or email [email protected] Thomas G. Cupillari ’60 Astro-

nomical Observatory is located approxi-mately two miles west on Route 107 fromexit 202 on Interstate 81 and approximate-ly twomiles east of Fleetville on Route 107.Visit keystone.edu/observatory for more in-formation.

MEETING NOTICESVeterans of Foreign Wars

The Abington Memorial Post No. 7069of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 402 Win-ola Road, Clarks Summit, meets the firstThursday of every month at 7 p.m. Newmembers are always welcome.

Glenburn 4-H

The Glenburn 4-H Club is open toyoung people ages 8-19 who would ei-ther like to learn how to sew or knowhow and would like to learn new skills.Hilda Lewis and Ann Northup are in-structors. Call 570-563-1369 for moreinformation.

Social Singles ClubA social singles club meets at 7:30 p.m.

on the first Wednesday of the month atOur Lady of Snows Church rectory base-ment, 301 S. State St., Clarks Summit.Meet other active, mature singles for funactivities and friendship. Call Linda at570-470-5220 for more information.

SPECIAL NOTICESEnter to Win

The Abington Community Library,1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, ishosting a raffle for children to receive a per-sonalized, pre-recorded message from JoshGad, the voice of Olaf in “Frozen.” Ticketsare $1 each and all proceeds will be usedto purchase children’s books for the library.Anyone may enter, but it must be on be-

half of a child 12 years of age or younger.A winner will be drawn and notified duringNational Library Week in April. Call 570-587-3440 for more information.

Leaves of ClassThe Friends of the Weinberg Memorial

Library at The University of Scranton aresponsoring their 17th annual “Leaves ofClass” raffle to help support the Friends ofthe Library Endowment Fund.This year’s raffle features more than

$8,000 in prizes. Tickets are $20 and earneach participant a chance for monthlydrawings for prizes. Drawings will continuethrough Thursday, Dec. 31.Among the prizes are an iPad, diamond

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CountrysideCommunity Church

The Countryside Community Church,14011 Orchard Drive, Newton Twp., willhost a Passover Communion Meal onThursday, April 2, beginning at 6:30 p.m.The church will also hold a Tenebrae ser-vice on Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. On Eas-ter Sunday, April 5, a sunrise service will

be held at 6:30 a.m. and an Easter ser-vice will be held at 10 a.m. Call 570-587-3206 or email [email protected] for more information or to reserve aseat for the Passover meal.

Waverly CommunityChurch

The Waverly Community Church,101 Carbondale Road, will host a GoodFriday service on Friday, April 3, at 7p.m. A men’s breakfast will be held onSaturday, April 4, at 9 a.m., while an egghunt and craft time for children ages 12and younger will be held from 11 a.m.until noon. On Easter Sunday, April 5,a Resurrection worship service, includ-ing a service for children, will be heldat 11 a.m. Call 570-587-2280 for moreinformation.

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The following is a listing of Aprilevents at the Abington Com-munity Library, 1200 W. Grove

St., Clarks Summit. To register for anyevent or for more information, call 570-587-3440 or visit lclshome.org/abing-ton. This month, the library is collect-ing used jewelry, scarves and purses forDress for Success Lackawanna. Thismonth, the library will display the hatcollection of Helene Dutko Flaherty.The library will also observe NationalLibrary Week from Sunday, April 12,through Saturday, April 18. The librarywill be closed on Sunday, April 5, inobservance of the Easter holiday.Ongoing Events• Story times for children will be

held on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., 11:30a.m. and 1:30 p.m for preschoolers (ages3-5), Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30a.m. for toddlers (ages 2-3) and Fridaysat 10:30 a.m. for babies (ages 0-2). The“After School Stories” story time forchildren in kindgergarten through gradethree will be held on Thursdays at 4 p.m.Registration is requested.• Caring Hands Group: Mondays at 1

p.m. Knit or crochet items that are need-ed by local non-profit agencies. Grade 7to adult.• Knitting Group: Every other Mon-

day beginning at 6:30 p.m. New mem-bers welcome.• Bridge Group: Tuesdays from 1-3

p.m. New members welcome.• Mah Jongg: Tuesdays from 1-3

p.m. Group consists of National MahJongg League players. No experiencenecessary.• Bridge Group: Wednesdays from 10

a.m. to noon. New members welcome.• Families Helping Families: Wednes-

days from 7-8:30 p.m. Facilitators pro-vide an educational series and supportgroup for teens and their families affect-ed by substance abuse. Cosponsored bythe Clearbook Foundation.• Scrabble: Thursdays at 1 p.m. No

registration necessary.• Sanskrit Class for Kids: Fridays from

4-5 p.m. Sponsored by the Teen Leader-ship Committee.• Anime Club: Fridays from 4-6 p.m.

Open to grades seven through 12.• Chess Club: Saturdays from 1-4

p.m.April Events• Technology Scheduling Session:

Thursday, April 2, from 6-7 p.m. One-on-one sessions for adults who need helpin computer basics, such as email, iPad/iPhone, Kindle/Nook, Facebook, Skype,Facetime, Microsoft Office Suite (2007).Additional sessions will be held onTuesdays, April 7 and 14, from 11 a.m.to noon; Wednesday, April 22, from 6-7p.m.; and Thursdays April 9, 23 and 30from 6-7 p.m. Registration required.• Gaming Club: Saturday, April 4,

from 1-3 p.m. Presenting a Yu-Gi-Oh!duel and Magic: The Gathering. No reg-istration required, open to grades four to12. Sponsored by the Teen LeadershipCommittee.• Financial Education Workshop:

Wednesday, April 8, from 6:30-7:30p.m. First Financial Investments willpresent “Safety and Income RetirementPlanning,” participants will learn strate-gies that can help protect them from los-ing their retirement savings.• Quilting: Thursday, April 23, from

4:30-6 p.m. An additional session will beheld on Thursday, April 23, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.• Kaffeeklatsch: Thursday, April 9,

beginning at 7 p.m. German languageconversation group for all levels.• Game Night with Wii: Friday, April

10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Open to gradesfour through six. Registration required.• On the Same Page Book Discus-

sion: Saturday, April 11, from 11 a.m. tonoon. County-wide book discussion on“Need You Now” by James Grippando.Registration required.• Kids in the Kitchen; Sunday, April

12, from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Demonstrationhosted by the Junior League of Scran-ton for children ages 3-6. Registrationrequired.• Minecraft Meet Up: Monday, April

13, from 6-7 p.m. No instruction provid-ed but bring devices, books and creativ-ity to discuss ideas for future meetings.Open to kindergarten through grade six.• Essential Oil Safety: Tuesday, April

14, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Learn the ba-sics of essential oils and how to use themsafely. Registration required.• Make-It, Take-It Craft Time:

Wednesday, April 14 from 3-5 p.m.Open to children ages 3-10. Drop in atany time during the hours listed, all ma-terials will be provided.• Basics in Natural Remedies: Tues-

day, April 14, from 6-7 p.m. Learn thebasics of essential oils and how to usethem safely. Registration required.• Mysteries and Detectives Book

Club: Tuesday, April 14, from 7-8:30p.m. This month’s selection is “A Is forAlibi” by Sue Grafton.• Afternoon Book Club: Wednesday,

April 15, from 2-3 p.m. This month’sselection is “Julie and Julia” by JuliePowell.• Star Wars Gathering: Wednesday,

April 15, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Gradesfive to 12.• Read to Dogs: Wednesday, April

15, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Children in kin-dergarten through grade three can stopin and get reading practice in with certi-fied therapy dogs.• Healthy Teeth for Kids: Thursday,

April 16, from 4-4:30 p.m. Sponsored byGeisinger Health Plan for ages 5-8. Reg-istration required.• Paper Crafting with Maria Pappa:

Thursday, April 16, from 6-8 p.m. Proj-ect is to be announced. Materials cost of$10 paid to instructor at time of class.• Financial Education Workshop:

Thursday, April 16, from 6:30-7 p.m.First Financial Investments will present“Maximizing Your Social Security.”• Spring Into Stamping: Saturday,

April 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A dayof crafting with make-and-takes, goodybags and door prizes. Lunch and snacksare included. $30 fee for the entire day,registration required.• Classics Discussion Group: Satur-

day, April 18, from 1-2:30 p.m. DiscussTurgenev’s “Fathers and Sons” and “Vir-gin Soil” this month.• Think Big, Go Far: Sunday, April

19, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. A TEDx Abing-

ton Community Library event. TEDxis an initiative that uses talks that areidea-focused and cover a range of sub-jects to foster learning. Featured speak-ers include: Nancy Perri, Women’s Re-source Center of NEPA; Mary Garm,head administrator of LackawannaCounty Library System; Ed McNichols,counseling department at MarywoodUniversity; Stephanie Longo, AbingtonSuburban editor; Natalie Carleo, stu-dent at Susquehanna University; RaevaMulloth, student at Abington HeightsHigh School.• Painting with Sharon McArdle:

Monday, April 20, from 6-8 p.m. Thismonth’s project is watercolor birch trees.A materials fee of $8 is due to the in-structor at the time of class.• Crafters’ Club: Monday, April 20,

from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Meet other craft-ers and share tips. All materials willbe provided. Open to grades three tosix. Sponsored by the Teen LeadershipCommittee.• Save, Share, Spend: Wednesday,

April 22, from 4-5 p.m. Children in kin-dergarten through grade three will learnall about money and what to do with it.Registration required.• Memory Care for Healthy Aging:

Thursday, April 23, from 7-8 p.m. Ques-tion-and-answer session for dementia,caregiving and successful aging with Dr.Mario Cornacchione.• Family Story Time: Friday, April

24, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sponsored bythe Teen Leadership Committee; thismonth’s story time will feature booksabout money.• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?:

Friday, April 24, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.Based on the television show; for gradesfour to six. Registration is required.• Friends of the Abington Communi-

ty Library Book Sale: Saturday, April 25,from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the ClarksSummit United Methodist Churchacross the street from the library. Specialpreview sale will be on Friday, April 24,from 5-7:30 p.m.• Sip and Dip into Spring with Sha-

ron McArdle: Saturday, April 25, from6-8 p.m. BYOB event where participantscan paint two beach-themed stemlesswine glasses. Cost is $15, advance salesonly. Must be age 21 or older to attend.• LEGO Club: Sunday, April 26,

2:30-3:30 p.m. LEGOs are provided.Sponsored by the Teen Leadership

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The Purple club recently met to pick raffle winners. Proceeds from the raffle helpfund scholarships for local students. Call 570-341-7787 for more information. From left:Jeanne Trunzo, Edward Conrad, Ashley DeFlice, Edward Karpovich, Joseph DeAntona, Lor-raine Stevens, Jay Schectman, Patrick O’Malley, John Brazil and Deborah Perry.

Membership Drive

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Abington Heights High School senior Joseph Sileo was recently named a candidate inthe United States Presidential Scholars Program. He is one of more than 3,900 studentsparticipating in the 2015 Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selectedfrom nearly 3.4 million students expected to graduate from United States high schoolsthis year.

Organizers say that inclusion in the United States Presidential Scholars Program,now in its 51st year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high schoolseniors. Scholars are selected upon the basis of superior academic and artistic achieve-ments, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and schoolactivities. The United States Department of Education will announce the Scholars inMay.

From left: Abington Heights High School Principal Dr. Pamela Murray, PresidentialScholar candidate Joseph Sileo and guidance counselor Deanna Klingman.

Celebrating StudentsLackawanna Trail High School

assistant principal Brian Kearneyrecently announced the candi-dates for “Students of the Month”and “Power of the Paws.” Studentsreceiving nominations for Studentof the Month (SOM) were nominat-ed by the faculty for their academiceffort, citizenship and school ser-vice. Students receiving nomina-tions for Power of the Paws (POP)were nominated by the faculty fortheir school pride, achievementand work effort.

From left, front row: Emma Haw-thorne, eighth-grade POP; and Vic-toria Firoini, seventh-grade POP.Middle row: JJ Spadine, 11th-gradeSOM; Natalie Cocchini, 10th-gradeSOM; and Jordan Flynn, ninth-gradePOP. Back row: Ross Fauquier,12th-grade SOM.

AcademicAchievement

Scott R. Salmon of Clarks Summit re-cently attained a perfect 4.0 grade pointaverage during his first semester at U.S.Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. Inrecognition of his achievement, Salmonwas awarded a President’s List medal. A2014 graduate of Abington Heights HighSchool, Salmon was a member of the Na-tional Honor Society, the catcher for twodistrict championship baseball teams anda drum major for the Abington HeightsMarching Band. Salmon is one of five chil-dren of Patrick and Kristin Salmon.

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Change was in the air for the AbingtonHeights boys basketball program this season.The Comets were making the move up to

Class AAAA— which includes the schoolswith the largest enrollments — and theywould be doing so without four starters fromlast year, including J.C. Show, who graduatedas the boys’ career points leader at AbingtonHeights and embarked on a successful rookieseason at Bucknell University.But standout head coach Ken Bianchi was

back and, after a season filled with change,Abington Heights found itself in a familiarplace: capturing aDistrict 2 championship forthe fourth straight year.While Bianchi moved steadily toward his

700th career victory, ending at 699 after a22-4 season, the Comets met every challengethrown at them, showing their resilient sidewith all the adapting they needed to do alongthe way to return to the state playoffs.“I still don’t think we reached our full po-

tential. We didn’t have a full complement ofplayers until Jan. 16 when Jordan Hollanderwas physically released to play,” Bianchi said.“Shortly after that, Colin Klingman missedseveral weeks and eight games and neverfully recovered. SethMaxwell broke the samethumb that he broke in the summer and ClayBasalyga had serious medical issues over thesummer and lost 40 pounds and it took hima good deal of time to round into shape andregain his strength.”Despite all that, Bianchi was able to mold

the Comets into another impressive unit, onegood enough to emerge with the District 2-4subregional title after beating Scranton, 35-22, and Hazleton Area, 51-45. Bringing an-other district championship trophy home justadded to the program’s prestige, succeedingduring a turbulent season filled with potentialmissteps.Bianchi kept the players focused on what

they had, never making excuses for their mis-fortune, and rose to the occasion like manyother Comets teams during the veterancoach’s long tenure.“We put that pressure on ourselves every

year whether we win the division or not,” Bi-anchi said about the Comets runner-up finishto Scranton Prep in the Lackawanna LeagueDivision I play. “In the 2012 season, we lost

both games to Prep during the league butthen came back to defeat them for the dis-trict championship. That started our streak ofwinning four district championships in a row.When we lose a game, we always do the samething; we will watch the tape of the game,point out the mistakes made and try to cor-rect them for the next game. We don’t wantto continue making the same mistakes overand over again. Hopefully that will make us abetter team as the season progresses.”At times, the Comets make churning out

win after win seem effortless but, as this sea-son proved, the striving for excellence is any-thing but simple.“It was just our ability to work hard every

Four in a RowComets basketball team clinches fourth straight district title

The 2014-15 Abington Heights Comets basketball team.

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Donations RequestedThe University of Scranton’s Weinberg

Memorial Library is requesting book and tagsale donations for its annual spring sale, aswell as volunteers to help with preparationand staffing for the event, which will takeplace during the last weekend of April. Allproceeds from the book sale will benefit theFriends of the Weinberg Memorial LibraryEndowment, which supports library collec-tions and services. The Friends of theWein-berg Memorial Library, the library staff andvolunteers will conduct the event.The library will accept any hardcover or

paperback books in good condition, includ-ing children’s books, cookbooks, fiction andnon-fiction. In addition, the library is col-lecting media and tag sale items. Donationsmay be placed in the boxes on the MonroeAvenue side of the library. Donations willbe accepted until Wednesday, April 22.This year’s book sale is scheduled for Sat-

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Waverly PreschoolThe Waverly Preschool, located in-

side of the Waverly Community House,1115 N. Abington Road, is now acceptingregistrations for the 2015-16 school year.The school offers three programs: a three-year-old, two-day program with classes onTuesdays and Thursdays; a four-year-old,three-day programwith classes onMondays,Wednesdays and Fridays; and a new four-year-old, five-day program with classes onweekdays. All classes run from 9-11:30 a.m.and offer an optional extra day class from12:30-3 p.m. on Tuesdays (four-year-olds)and Wednesdays (three-year-olds). Thereis also an optional daily extra hour, “LunchBunch,” running from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30

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AHSD NotificationsAbington Heights School District would

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Permits RequiredClarks Summit Borough officials would

like to remind residents that burn permitsare required in the borough, even for rec-reational burning. Call 570-586-9316 formore information.

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day in practice to get better,” Bianchi said.“If you work hard every day, good things willhappen and, fortunately for us, we were ableto win theAAAAdistrict championship andour one state playoff game.”That state win over Central York — the

school’s first boys state Class AAAA play-off win — brought Bianchi to the precipiceof 700 career wins but a second-round lossto LaSalle College ended the pursuit of thatmilestone for now. Still, the season was anoverwhelming success, with a nine-player ro-tation that combined senior leadership withyouthful enthusiasm to produce that districttitle.“With four new starters and the injuries

we suffered during the season, we had severalplayers step up to be leaders on this team.Some were verbal leaders, while others lettheir playing performance speak for them-selves,” Bianchi said. “Tyler Ksiazek and ClayBasalygawere voted captains, butwehad oth-er members of the team step up in leadershiproles during the course of the season.”Bianchi praised all of his rotation players.Klingman, junior: “[He] was our starting

point guard who we counted on to hit some3’s. In our opening game vs. Holy Cross, andthe Christmas tournament vs. Meyers, hecombined for eight 3-point shots. He was onhis way to a big year [but] sustained a high an-kle sprain in January andmissed several weeksof practice plus eight games. He made it backon Feb 22. He played a little but wasn’t him-self. For next year, we hope he will pick upthe outside scoring we will lose with the lossof Tyler.”Basalyga, senior: “[He] was one of our cap-

tains who was injured to start the season andlost 40 pounds over the summer and it tookhim a long time to get back into basketballcondition. He always gave his best effort, div-ing for loose balls and taking the ball to thebasket.”Ksiazek, senior: “[He] was another captain.

He led by example and was our best outsidescoring threat, especially the 3-point shot.He also led our team and was second in theleague in foul shooting percentage.”Hollander, junior: “[He] had a lacerated

kidney and didn’t join our team until mid-December. It took him awhile to get in shapeto play but he filled in nicely when Klingmanwent down.”MattMcDonald, senior: “[He] was the sur-

prise of the year. He stepped in and could playinside at the 4 position (power forward) andoutside at the 2 (shooting guard) or 3 (small

forward) spot. Hewas one of our best man de-fenders and he could have scored a lot morepoints if he shot the ball more. He didn’t real-ize how good of an offensive player hewas.Hewas a very unselfish player.Tim Toro, junior: “[He] was our enforcer.

He scored points inside and we knew goinginto every game we played that he woulddominate the inside for us defensively.”Maxwell, sophomore: “[He] came on

strong at the end of the year and gave us somemuch-needed scoring inside.”Chase Wickenheiser, senior: “[He] was

slowed by injury during part of the year butwhen he played, he was a force inside. Wewould not have won our first state game if itwas not for his play in the second half of theCentral York game.”Jackson Danzig, freshman: [He was] only

a freshman but we are looking for him to bea big part of next year’s team. He can handlethe ball and is a 3-point threat. He is only go-ing to get better.”McDonald’s versatility paid huge divi-

dends for the Comets, making him an inte-gral part of the team.“I think McDonald made a big difference

in our team this year. He missed almost anentire year because he suffered a perforatedbowel and underwent emergency surgery,”Bianchi said. “He never fully recovered hisjunior year and didn’t know what to expecthis senior year.We thought we could use himas a backup at three different positions to givethose players a rest, but as the season started,he won a starting position and never relin-quished it.”He epitomized the Comets, grabbing hold

of something and never letting go, muchlike the way the program feels about districtchampionship hardware. It never gets oldseeing gold medals draped around their neckswhile wearing the navy and white uniformsproudly.Next year may be more of the same, with

plenty of experience coming back in Toro,Klingman, Hollander, Maxwell and Danzigamong the returning players.“We think the prognosis for next season

is good. We lose six seniors but we do havesome good underclassmen thatwe are lookingfor to step up and fill the open spots,” Bianchisaid. “It all depends on how hard they workthis summer. We will give each player anevaluation on how they played this year andwhat areas they need to show some improve-ment. The rest is up to them. We tell ourplayers that in basketball, we (the coaches)will find out in November.”It is a formula that has worked for Bianchi

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Volunteers NeededThe borough of Clarks Green is recruit-

ing residents to serve on various boards andcommissions. These include the borough’szoning hearing board, board of health, plan-ning commission and shade tree commis-sion.Residents should send letters of interestto Clarks Green Borough, 104 N. AbingtonRoad, or email them to [email protected]. Call 570-586-4446 for moreinformation.

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ter at Keystone College is accepting new

enrollees. Located on Keystone’s campus inLa Plume, the program offers several pre-school program options for children three tofive years old. Children must be three yearsold by Sept. 1 to participate. Preschoolerswill receive developmentally appropriateeducational services provided by qualifiedearly-childhood professionals. The centeralso serves as a training site for studentsmajoring in education and related fields atKeystone College.Licensed and inspected by the Pennsyl-

vania Department of Public Welfare, thecenter is accredited by the National Acad-emy of Early Childhood Programs and hasearned a “Four-Star” rating by the Officeof Child Development and Early LearningQuality Rating System. This designationrecognizes child care facilities which exceedstate requirements.Call 570-945-8260 or email

[email protected] for moreinformation.

CALENDARFROM PAGE 7 FROM PAGE 13FROM PAGE 13FROM PAGE 7

PUBLIC NOTICE2014 CLARKS SUMMIT

BOROUGHAUDIT REPORTNotice is hereby provided that the Clarks

Summit Borough Auditor has completed hisanalysis of the Borough’s records for fiscal

year 2014. Below is a summary of his resultsin accordance with statute 53 P.S. §46043:

BOROUGH OF CLARKS SUMMITCONCISE STATEMENT OF REVENUE RECEIPTS

AND EXPENDITURES PAIDCOMBINED FUNDS - YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

The complete audit may be inspected in theOffice of the Borough Secretary,

Borough Building, 304 S State Street,Clarks Summit, PA during any business daybetween the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.Handicapped access is available through theSpring Street elevator to the Borough Building,

2nd floor, 304 S State St.

VIRGINIA KEHOEBOROUGHMANAGER

Expenditures Paid:

General Government 393,575

Public Safety 834,893

Public Works:

Sanitation 2,127,490

Highways 597,005

Culture and Recreation 28,903

Debt Service 1,563,946

Pension Contributions 94,018

Fiduciary Funds 227,868

Miscellaneous

Refunds of Prior Year Revenues

Transfers 72,565

Total Expenditures 5,940,263

Revenue Receipts:

Taxes (all sources) 2,356,139

Licenses and Permits 72,075

Fines and Forfeitures 28,990

Interest, Rents and Royalties 90,963

Intergovernmental Revenues 275,095

Charges for Services 1,585,748

Miscellaneous 2,079

Contribution 225,570

Sale of Fixed Asset 170

Transfers 72,565

Proceeds of Long Term Debt 1,015,939

Proceeds of Short Term Debt 300,000

Refunds of Prior Year Expenditures 64,525

Total Revenue 6,089,858

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