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Royalty paymentsprotected by bill

Legislation authored by Rep. Garth Everett (R-Lycoming/Union) designed to protect natural gas drilling lease own-ers’ royalty payments was ap-proved on a bipartisan vote of 20-7 by the House Environmen-tal Resources and Energy Com-mittee. Joined by co-sponsors Reps. Sandra Major (R-Susque-hanna/Wayne), Matthew Baker (R-Bradford/Potter/Tioga), Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Karen Bo-back (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), the following state-ment was issued:

“There has been a great deal of work done with legislative colleagues and stakeholders on this issue for some time and House Bill 1391 represents a more simplified effort to pro-vide fairness for natural gas drilling lease holders. The ap-proval by the committee signals that this is a good bill worthy of open debate on the House floor.

“This bill would protect lease owners by guaranteeing that a minimum royalty payment for unconventional gas well pro-duction would not be less than one-eighth (12.5 percent). Com-panies have reduced royalty payments by deducting post-production costs.

“A 2010 Pennsylvania Su-preme Court case determined that the General Assembly is the proper branch of government to determine public policy regard-ing royalty valuation. We have continued to push this effort for the protection of the shale gas well lease holders.

“We anticipate the floor de-bate to include an amendment process and we look forward to a spirit of cooperation as we get to the final passage of this leg-islation.”

On May 20, 13 nursing students were “pinned,” officially marking their graduation from the Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) Nursing Program at Wayne Memorial Hospital, the third graduating class since the program began. “It’s another proud moment for Wayne Memorial Hospital and for our nursing students,” said James Pettinato, RN-HP, MHSA, direc-tor of Patient Care Services, “We also applaud their instructors, who perform an invaluable function in helping us maintain a continuing pool of qualified nurses. Congrats to all!” Wayne Memorial launched the program in 2010 at the hospital’s Honesdale campus with LCCC, which awards two-year Associate in Applied Science – Nursing degrees. Many of the students who graduate go on to work at Wayne Memorial Hospital. Since its start, the program has graduated 39 nurses. Photo left to right first row: Ashley Kennedy, Honesdale; Danielle Hook, Thompson; Robin Marhevka, Jefferson Twp.; and Pamela Hill, Honesdale. Second row – Hilary Hobbs, Prompton; Aubrie Bullmore, Hamlin; Cindy L. Etzkorn, Milford; Michelle Nagel, Union Dale; and Amy Vicki, Archbald. Third row – Lindsay Matuszewski, Milford; Karyn Nesbit, Clarks Summit; Amy Borove, Kingsley; and Carrie Allen, LeRaysville.

Wayne Memorial Congratulates 13 Nursing Graduates

Rep. Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) has announced her monthly sat-ellite office and veterans as-sistance hours for July.

“I continue to encourage area residents to make use of these special hours and ser-vices,” said Major. “Whether you live up in the northern area of the district and don’t have convenient access to my permanent offices, or you are a veteran and would like some one-on-one assistance with a question or problem, we are here to help.”

On Thursday, July 14, at the Preston Township Build-ing on Crosstown Highway (Route 370) in Lakewood, the satellite office will be open from 10 a.m. to noon and include the following services:

Driver’s license and vehi-cle registration applications and renewals.

Assistance with PennDOT paperwork.

PACE and PACENET ap-plications for seniors.

Property Tax/Rent Rebate applications.

Student aid applications. Free state maps, state park

information and PA Vacation Guides.

Referrals to agencies to re-solve state-related matters.

In addition to the state

services her offices provide, Major has also teamed up with the American Legion to offer assistance to veterans seeking information on VA benefits and services. This service is available in her Honesdale district office on the second Monday of each month. The next scheduled appointment day is Monday, July 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The office is located at 32 Commercial St., Suite 300, in Honesdale. Anyone inter-ested in speaking with the department service officer should call the office at (570) 253-5533 to schedule an ap-pointment.

Some of the services avail-able to veterans and their de-pendents during these spe-cial hours include assistance with compensation, pension, death benefits, education and health care, as well as any issues pertaining to vet-erans benefits. An individ-ual requesting service does not need to be a member of the American Legion.

Major’s full-time office in Montrose, Susquehanna County, is located at 16501 S.R. 706, Suite 2. The phone number is (570) 278-3374 or toll free at 1-800-418-5048. She can also be contacted via her website at RepMa-jor.com, email at SMajor@pahousegop.com or on Facebook at Facebook.com/RepMajor.

Rep. Major listshours July 14

FOURTH GRADE:Jamillet Aguiniga, Rylan

Ainey, Brandon Alvord, James Anderson, Noah Barnes, Dan-iel Belcher, Shaun Bills, Alex-ander Brodeur, Kevin Cosklo, Logan Dick, Carissa Flynn, Holly Harvatine, Vanessa Har-vey, Joseph Heller, Ricardo Hernandez, Camryn Hicks, Riley Jagger, Kayla Kasa, Bronson Kilmer, Alexis Ko-zlowski, Emma Long, Chris-topher McClure, Bailey Mil-lard, Jocelyn Schwarztrauber, Lillian Sedlak, Mikaela Stout, Paige Strickland, Sophia Welk, Penelope Ziegler, Lily Zrowka

FIFTH GRADE:Wesley Anderson, Carter

Bain, Nicole Baker, Charlize Barhite, Gavin Bewley, Bri-ana Boswell, Zayvion Brad-ford, Ariel Brodeur, Owen Cameron, Kinsey Catalfamo,

Lauren Clancy, Emily Cosklo, Ryan Drake, Alex Empet, Leah Evans, Clayton Frasier, Aly-son Frederici, Amber George, Michaela Hammond, Caden Holtsmaster, Aylin Jaimes, Elijah Kamensky, Alexander Karp, Ethan Komora, Jack Kowalewski, Hunter Kozlos-ki, Genevieve Larkin, Nicho-las Lemoncelli, Aiyana McEl-roy, Taylor Neri, Jessie Noldy, Dillon Pallman, Bailey Reuss, Jacob Robinson, Sierra Rog-enkamp, Deegan Ross, Seth Ross, Raelyn Sanders, Cody Shay, Tanner Stout, Joseph Swetter, Jonathon Symuleski, Adia Tompkins, Alexis Turner, Noah Urda, Jordyn Walker, Alex Zech

SIXTH GRADE:Skyler Ball, Gregory Bar-

low, Brianna Barney, James Bernosky, Travis Bridgeman,

Benjamin Burman, Casey Con-gdon, Jacob DeManicor, Lau-ren Dick, Vy Doty, Avery For-tuner, Payton Gabriel, Rachael Gerfin, Ryan Henke, Deanna Holbert, Delaney Hollenbeck, Ciara Hundley, Kristian Jai-mes, Mason LeMaster, Kath-ryn Long, Makenzie Lowrie, Matthew Mason, Emma Mas-ter, Andrew McHenry, Lexie Meckwood, Emily Michaels, Alexander Nealon, Stepha-nie Nichols, Michael Nowlin, Nathan Ofalt, Victoria Pellew, Robert Pissott, Rebecca Plom-chok, Ragan Poplawski, Ava Presley, Savannah Robinson, Collin Saam, Maressa Salan-sky, Nicholas Schmidt, Emily Streich, Maura Strickland, So-phia Striefsky, Shannon Tool-an, Joshua Tyborowski, Robert Valentine, Wyatt Yachymiak, Megan Zipprich

The Misericordia University Nursing Department recently held a pinning ceremony in Lem-mond Theater in Walsh Hall to honor undergraduate nursing students in the traditional Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) program and the RN to BSN Expressway Accelerated Degree Program who graduated May 21 at the 90th annual Commencement ceremony. The following lo-cal graduate of the traditional BSN program received his pin: Michael Palmer, Jr., Browndale. Mi-sericordia University nursing students who participated in the recent nursing pinning ceremony, first row from left, are Beverly Casey, Mountain Top, Pa.; Heather Krzywicki, Mountain Top, Pa.; Taylor Wakely, Dallas, Pa.; Leah Santucci, Laflin, Pa.; Kelsey Swoyer, Auburn, Pa.; Amy Bunav-age, Falls, Pa.; Gabriella Haviland, Collegeville, Pa.; Kaitlin Gower, Dallas, Pa.; Lindsay His-chak, Mountain Top, Pa., and Kelly Sloan, Hillsborough, N.J.; second row, Samantha Rodriquez, Bangor, Pa.; Brittany Wolfe, Milton, Pa.; Chelsea Lahr, Klingerstown, Pa.; Megan Mirra, Hanover Twp., Pa.; Angela Khalife, White Haven, Pa.; Adrienne Trotto, Northumberland, Pa.; Cara Mar-zullo, Kinnelon, N.J.; Jenna Wheary, Trevorton, Pa., and Ashley Silberg, Allentown, Pa.; third row, Olivia Hardy, Saylorsburg, Pa.; Rachael Alles, Dallas, Pa.; Jessica Neare, Dallas, Pa.; Allison Flinn, Millerton, N.Y.; Carissa Magnotta, Mountain Top, Pa.; Laura Russo, Goshen, N.Y.; Yvonne Staller, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., and Rachel Aigler, Sunbury, Pa.; fourth row, Paige Makowski, Dal-las, Pa.; Shayna Hunsinger, Tunkhannock, Pa.; Nicole Baro, Douglassville, Pa.; Katherine Stra-hosky, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Ariel Porzuczek, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Sarah Young, Sunbury, Pa., and Lane Kocovsky, Andover, Minn.; fifth row, Michael Skasko, Carbondale, Pa.; Michael Palmer, Forest City, Pa.; David D’Achille, Denville, N.J.; Matthew Geraghty, Shavertown, Pa.; Charles Bressler, Duryea, Pa.; Dean Lucchesi, Hamilton, N.J.; Thomas Mickowski, Mountain Top, Pa., and Trent Ortiz, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Absent at time of photo was Mikael Hause, Kulpmont, Pa., and Marialena Tencza, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Aldenville Baptist Church Bible School

“Cave Quest” following the light of the world, daily vacation bible school will be held at the Aldenville Baptist Church located at 971 Creek Dr. Prompton July 11-15 each evening from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Kids will enjoy bible stories, craft time, puppets, a light supper, games, music, snacks & more! Kids of all ages are welcome to join us for a fan-tastic week of learning about Jesus, The Light Of The World! For more information call, 570-785-5095.

Misericordia U. holds pinning ceremony

A Piece of Americana on Display in Harford620,000 American soldiers

were killed in the American Civil War – roughly half of all who have died in all other conflicts. Thou-sands more were wounded. The horrific statistics compelled the government to act and establish a number of Soldiers Orphan Schools.

During the years of 1865 to 1902, the Soldiers Orphan School near Harford provided educa-tion, food, clothing and medical care for children under 16 years of age who were orphaned by the Civil War. The original cam-pus of the school consisted of 20 buildings (dormitories, chapel, hospital, bakery, etc.) Today only one building remains, known as Franklin Hall. The downstairs of Franklin Hall was a dining room. Some orphans who ate in this dining room were only 6 years old and they sat on stools to eat their meals. A few original stools were rescued and can be seen in the hall which is now a museum. The upstairs of Franklin Hall was the boy’s dormitory. The narrow beds were separated by a wood partition. One original bed was rescued and it is also on display.

There were 8 grades in the school. The students wore uni-forms, most of which were made by students and staff of the school. The academic training included: Algebra, geometry, civil govern-ment, philosophy, Latin, vocal instruction and religious instruc-tion. The students received 6 hours of classroom instruction and worked for 2 hours each day.

The girls were taught cooking, laundry, sewing and calisthen-ics; the boys were taught mainte-nance, farming and military drills. Students graduated at 16 years old. Many graduates went on to have successful careers and sev-eral became well known.

The Harford Historical Society is preserving this bit of local his-tory, in honor of local families who suffered because of the Civil War and in appreciation for our Penn-sylvania State Government, who helped children of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in war. Their families had no Veteran Adminis-tration to turn to for help.

On July 9th, the Soldiers Or-phan School building and mu-seum will be open from 9 AM to 2 PM.

In addition to the school build-ing itself and the items from the school era, a newly donated an-tique loom will also be on display. The loom was donated by Conrad Owens and was purchased by his grandmother Daisy Conrad For-

sythe. An accompanying original ad identifies it as a Union Loom – No. 36 rug loom.

Dated to about the mid 1930’s, the machines were built in Boon-ville, New York in an abandoned high school that was converted into Union Specialty Works in 1911.

A simple foot powered pulley system allows for the change of sheds, and the beams and wheels allow control over the tension. Besides operating efficiently, it was perfect for the housewife who wanted to make a little ex-tra money. Rags were saved and sewn into strips to make yards of warp. When first manufactured, it could be bought for $39.95 and that included 10 yards of warp already wound up on the wheel!

So come and spend some time on Saturday, July 9th (9am to 2pm), supporting the Harford Historical Society. Browse our used book sale, tour a unique mu-seum, and learn about a piece of Americana.

Antique Loom on display in Harford