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EVENTS, PROGRAMS, HAPPENINGS, SEMINARS: March 1 Basketry/Chair Caning, beginning Tues., March 1, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Mt. View School. Pre-registration required, call 434-2180 ext. 413. March 2 Digital Photography, beginning Weds., March 2, 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Mt. View School. Pre-registration required, call 434-2180 ext. 413. March 3 CHICKEN & BISCUITS, Thurs., March 3, 5:00 p.m. at VFW #6223, Great Bend. For info call 879-4420. PIZZA NIGHT & Open Mic Country, Thurs., March 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Kirkwood Elks Lodge. March 4 DINNER, Fri., March 4, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Kirkwood Elks Lodge. March 4-6 ST. MARTIN’S PLAYERS present TV Land, March 4-5, 7:00 p.m. and March 6, 2:00 p.m. at St. Martin of Tours Church, Jackson. March 5 MEETING - Susquehanna Co. Pomona Grange #7, March 5, 10:00 a.m. at the Union Grange Hall. PANCAKE SUPPER, March 5, 4:00-7:00 p.m. at South Gibson UM Church. All welcome. BASIC WATERCOLOR, beginning Sat., March 5, 9:30 a.m. - 12: 30 p.m. at Mt. View School. Pre-registration required, call 434-2180 ext. 413. PRACTICAL SHOOT, Sat., March 5, 10:00 a.m. at Hallstead-Great Bend Rod and Gun Club. Fee. PANCAKE & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST, Sat., March 5, 7:00-11:00 a.m. at East Ararat UM Church. March 8 WORKSHOP: Working with Children with ADHD, March 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Children & Youth Conference Room, Susquehanna County Office Bldg., Montrose. Registration required, call 278-1158. WING NIGHT, Tues., March 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Kirkwood Elks Lodge. March 10 MEETING: Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table, March 10, 7:00 p.m. at Daddow-Isaacs American Legion, Dallas. For info call 570-639-1283. March 11 LENTEN FISH FRY, Fridays beginning March 11 through April 22, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Susq. American Legion Post #86. Eat in or take out, public welcome. March 12 RESERVATION DEADLINE, March 12, for “Trouble at the Tropicabana” dinner theater to be held March 19, 6:00 p.m. at Blue Ridge School cafeteria. For info/reservations call 879-9582.
Senior Center Menu March 7 - 11 Monday, March 7: roast turkey, stuffing, peas & pearl onions, grain dinner roll, cranberry sauce, cinnamon applesauce. Tuesday, March 8: baked ziti w/meatballs, garden salad, minestrone soup, garlic bread, chocolate sorbet. Wednesday, March 9: herbed whitefish, steamed broccoli & cauliflower, wild rice pilaf, grain bread, tangerine, chocolate chip cookie. Thursday March 10: beef stew, buttered noodles, ww dinner roll, fruited jello. Friday, March 11: stuffed shells, Italian salad, Italian green beans, garlic bread, tropical fruit.
Pickett Announces March Office Hours TOWANDA - Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) said that residents are welcome to visit her satellite offices in Lawton, Susquehanna County, and Laporte, Sullivan County, during the month of March to obtain assistance about a variety of state government-related issues. “By offering these satellite office hours, I hope that if local residents need help with a state issue, they can take advantage of these times instead of having to travel into my full-time offices in Bradford County,” Pickett said. Staff from Pickett’s office will be available at the Susquehanna County satellite office from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, March 9 and March 23. That office is located on State Route 706 at Flynn’s Consignment Shop in Lawton. The site was formerly Cavallaro’s grocery store. In Sullivan County, staff will be on hand to help constituents from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, March 2 and March 16. The satellite office is held in the commissioner’s office in the courthouse in Laporte. Services that her staff can assist with include: information about legislation; driver’s license and vehicle registration applications and renewals; assistance with PennDOT paperwork (lost cards, changes, corrections, special registration plates, vanity plates, and temporary placards for disabled persons); PACE and PACENET applications for seniors; Property Tax and Rent Rebate applications; voter registration forms and absentee ballot applications; state tax forms; student aid applications; referrals to agencies to resolve state-related matters. Pickett operates her main full-time offices at 321 Main St., Towanda, phone (570) 265-3124 and 106 West Packer Ave., Sayre, phone (570) 888-9011. More information is available 24 hours a day on Pickett’s website at RepPickett.com
Program To Celebrate Anna Stockholm Foote Oakland High School produced a remarkable woman in 1898 and the Friends of Salt Springs invite the community to celebrate Anna Stockholm Foote on Sunday, March 20 from 2-4 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Franklin Forks. Anna Stockholm took the skills she learned in Oakland to teach at Brushville before marrying Frank Foote of Great Bend and moving to Franklin Forks. The Friends are lucky enough to have her incredibly detailed diaries from 1936 to 1944. Those diaries are being used to build and hour-long program illuminating life in Susquehanna County during the Depression. Anna and her family had little cash, no electricity, and scant opportunities. Yet they had a joy they shared with friends and the wider community. Volunteers from the Friend’s Historical Committee will lead you through her life and show period artifacts. Light refreshments will be served. The Franklin Forks United Methodist Church is located on Silver Creek Road, just a short distance off Route 29. For more activities of the Friends of Salt Springs Park and detailed directions, you may visit www.friendsofsaltspringspark.org. Salt Springs is the only Pennsylvania state park under the direct management of private, non-profit volunteer organization.
Harrisburg - The Department of Health began offering free nicotine replacement therapy, or NRT, kits on February 14, to help Pennsylvanians who want to give up tobacco in the name of love. Under the “Quit for Love” campaign, the kits will be available through the state’s Free Quitline (1-800-QUIT-NOW) for approximately six to eight weeks, or while supplies last. “Tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of preventable death and disease,” said acting Secretary of Health Dr. Eli Avila. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one of every five deaths nationwide is attributed to smoking. Quitting tobacco is a major step toward improving your overall health. Do it for yourself, for your friends, for your loved ones.” “We know that most people will try to quit an average of five to eight times before they succeed,” said Leslie Best, Health Promotion and Risk Reduction Bureau Director. “Counseling coupled with the NRT increases the chances of success.” Individuals interested in receiving a free, four-week NRT kit should call the PA Free Quitline, 1-800-QUIT NOW (1-800-784-8669). Quit coaches will ask callers if they are ready to set a quit date and have any medical conditions that would rule out the safe use of nicotine patches. Callers will then enroll in a series of free counseling sessions. The NRT kits are paid for by funding from the federal stimulus program and the Master Settlement Agreement. Under this agreement, 46 states - including Pennsylvania - receive payments from the tobacco industry to offset smoking-related medical costs and to help reduce the use of tobacco products. Additional resources and information can be found online at www.DeterminedToQuit.com. The website provides guidance in developing a quit plan, a quit companion and calculator, and video blogs of other Pennsylvania residents sharing their own stories about quitting tobacco. There is also information for friends and family members of smokers who wish to support their loved one in their attempt to quit.
Special Spring Gobbler Tag Now Available HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania hunters who would like the opportunity to harvest a second spring gobbler can purchase a second spring gobbler tag until the spring gobbler season begins on April 30, according to Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. In fact, thanks to the Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS), hunters can purchase a second spring gobbler tag at any issuing agent or through the agency’s website. Roe cautioned that those who plan to purchase the second spring gobbler tag through the agency’s website should expect to wait seven to 10 days for shipping, depending on the volume of other online purchases. “Prior to the implementation of PALS, hunters had to wait until Jan. 1 before submitting a license application for the second spring gobbler tag, and then wait for the agency to mail the license back to them,” Roe said. “The old process was necessary to enable the agency to spread out the administrative workload of processing and handling licenses for the fall hunting seasons. “However, thanks to PALS, hunters can now purchase the second spring gobbler tag at any issuing agent and walk out of the store with the license in hand, or they can purchase it online and wait for it to be mailed to them within 10 days.” Roe noted that all general hunting license holders are able to take one spring gobbler as part of their general hunting privileges; the second spring gobbler tag license affords those hunters interested in this additional opportunity to take a second spring gobbler. Hunters may only purchase one second spring gobbler license during a license year, as the season limit remains two spring gobblers, and the daily harvest is one bird per day. “So, if you are looking for that application in your digest or online to mail in, you won’t find it,” Roe said. “You can just purchase the special spring gobbler license either through the Game Commission’s website or visit your local license issuing agent.” The 2011 spring gobbler season is set to run from April 30-May 31. The Board of Game Commissioners approved a change to the legal hunting hours. Under the change, legal hunting hours from the opening day of the spring gobbler season through the third Saturday (April 30-May 14) will retain the long-standing one-half hour before sunrise until noon timeframe. However, the remainder of the season (May 16-31) will be expanded to run all day, from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour after sunset. Roe noted that the Board also extended the traditional closing day of the spring season to May 31. This additional recreational hunting is provided with minimal impact to the resource because disturbance of hens would be less since most hens would be in the later stages of nest incubation when they are less prone to abandon their nest. The one-day Spring Gobbler Youth Hunt will be held on April 23, and will run from one-half hour before sunrise until noon. The March Vesper Service will be held on Sunday, March 13 at historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church, corner of Church and Chestnut Streets, Montrose, at 5:00 p.m. Vespers is a traditional, ecumenical evening service which includes prayers, time for silent meditation, readings, reflections and music. Mary Lee Fitzgerald will welcome the guests to the service. John and Sharon Siedlecki will be greeters and Rita Leigh will serve as reader. R. Joseph and Esther Welden will present special vocal duets. R. Joseph and Esther Welden are long-time Montrose residents involved with many phases of music. They have been members of St. Paul's Choir for over forty years. They were former members of the Church Street Singers, a popular singing group which began with St. Paul's Church choir. “Joe,” as he is known to his friends, is a well-known artist. Esther enjoys working with wools, natural fibers and other materials in the textiles idiom. Organist for the service will be Sarah Bertsch. A simple meal will be served in the Parish House, prepared by Martin Comey and friends, following the service. All are welcome.
Help celebrate National “Week of the Young Child” April 10-16, by displaying artwork in your Susquehanna County business. Susquehanna County CARES (Childcare, Agencies, Resources and Educational Services) is once again coordinating a countywide young artists’ display to recognize the talents of our young children and honor the early educators involved in shaping a child’s future. Research shows children who receive a quality educational experience before the age of 5 achieve greater success later in life. CARES is looking for businesses willing to display artwork created by children from various childcare, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten programs. CARES will take care of setting up the display at the beginning of April and removing it at the end of the month. This project has grown over the last couple of years thanks to the support of area businesses. This year is sure to be another success. If your business is willing to participate, please contact Susquehanna County CARES by March 18. Call Stephnie Thornton at (570) 465-5040 or send an e-mail to stcares@epix.net. Conference Upcoming: Everything Cover Crop Do cover crops work here? Of course they do. We - local farmers, NRCS, Conservation districts, and the Cooperative Extension - have planted and test planted winter rye, winter wheat, annual rye grass, oats, crown vetch and forage radish for 30+ years. These cover crops have been proven to grow in Wayne, Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Pike, Monroe, all along the Northern tier counties of PA and the Southern tier counties of NY. You know that the above mentioned cover crops grow and can help your soil. Did you know these, and other cover crops, can help your wallet? You could see an increase in your corn yields by about 9 to 11 bushels per acre, and increase your yields on soybeans and vegetables by about 7 to 10%. Cover crops also improve soil tilth, aerate the soil and build up the soil micro-organisms. Have you ever heard of the following cover crops: sunn hemp, blue lupin, hairy vetch, crimson clover, Austrian winter peas, sorghum sudan grass, fenugreek or Laredo soybeans? How about phacelia, tillage radish, sunflowers, fava beans, common vetch, calendula, arrow leaf clover or triticale? What about buckwheat, common vetch, cow peas, Indian head lentils, subterranean clover or ryegrass? They all will grow in Pennsylvania and the Conference’s guest speaker, Steve Groff, will tell you how he has grown crops and cover crops and what they have done for his soil and his bottom line. Cedar Meadow Farms (Steve’s home farm) near Holtwood, PA has been making it happen for 10+ years. His own farming experiments with cover crop and soil improvement methods have made him one of the most sought-after knowledgeable speakers about practical ways to get more out of your soil while improving it now and in the future. This conference is for market vegetable growers, small plot sweet corn growers, gardeners, organic produce growers and all farmers, especially those who want to improve the crops that they are growing and see a better economic return! Growing a wider variety of cover crops here in the northeast will take some planning and figuring. It may take some rethinking about what to plant, how much to plant, and when in the sequence of rotating crops these cover crops can be grown to help your operation. The conference, formerly the No Till conference, will be held March 10 at the Harford Fire Company building in Harford, at 9:00 a.m. The fee will include a hot lunch. For information call Ryan Koch at 282-8732, ext. 4 or Bob Wagner at 278-1011, ext. 108.
Eucharistic Adoration At Holy Name Of Mary On Friday, March 4, monthly Eucharistic Adoration will begin after the 12:10 p.m. mass and will conclude with mass at 7:00 p.m. A prayer service with the Men of the Sacred Heart and benediction will follow the evening mass. Father Jerry Safko serves as Pastor of Holy Name of Mary Church, 60 South Main Street, Montrose. Mary Ficarro To Celebrate 85th!
Mary Ficarro will celebrate her 85th birthday on March 12, 2011. If you would like to acknowledge this milestone, well wishes and cards may be sent to her c/o The County Transcript, 36 Exchange Street, Susquehanna, PA 18847. Mobile Vet Center Hours Announced TUNKHANNOCK - Reps. Karen Boback (R-Columbia/Luzerne/Wyoming) and Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wyoming/Wayne) remind area veterans and their families that veterans assistance, in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ mobile veterans center, will be available in Tunkhannock twice in March. The mobile vet center is scheduled to visit the area of the Route 29 and Route 6 Bypass in Tunkhannock (across the street from Gay’s True Value), from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, March 7. It will be available at Boback’s office, located at 6 Cross Country Complex in Tunkhannock from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, March 21. Appointments for mobile veterans center services are not required. More information about the center and veterans services is available at RepMajor.com or RepBoback.com.
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