August 21

TEA PARTY: Tues., Aug. 21, Noon to 2. Community Neighbors Connecting, Annual Tea Party. Tea tasting , Tea Sandwiches & goodies.

August 23 & 30

DINNER: Thurs., Aug. 23 & 30, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m., Susquehanna High School Student Council, Chicken & Biscuit Dinner, American Legion Main St., Susquehanna. Come support the students!

August 31 & Sept 2

FLEA MARKET: Fri., August 31 & Sun., Sept. 2, 9:00 – 3:00 p.m., Giant Flea Market & Bake Sale at St. Martin of Tours Church, Jackson.

September 1 & 2

SALE: Sat. Sept 1 & Sun. Sept 2, 12 Noon, Gourmet Hoagie Sale at St. Martin of Tours Church, Jackson. Call 570-756-2887 to preorder.

September 3

BULL ROAST: Mon., Sept. 3, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m., 43rd Annual Labor Day Bull Roast, Waverly UM Church, Waverly PA. For more info or tickets contact Holly Gilpin 570-586-6470.

September 5

BLOOD DRIVE: Wed., Sept. 5, 1:00 – 6:00 p.m., 30 Pints for 30 Years Blood Drive, Forest City Nursing & Rehab.

Mon., August 27: hot open faced turkey sandwich,vegetable soup, mashed potatoes, ww bread, crackers, blondie w/butterscotch chips.

Tues., August 28: baked ziti casserole, garden salad, italian green beans, fresh melon chunks.

Wed., August 29: bbq chicken, mashed potatoes, cucumber & tomato salad, biscuit, oreo pudding parfait.

Thurs., August 30: beans & franks, zucchini tomato soup, crackers, watermelon wedges.

Fri., August 31: roast pork, chunky applesauce, sweet potatoes, rye bread, crackers, peach and blueberry cobbler.

The Thompson United Methodist Church, in Thompson, Pa will be holding an End of Summer Celebration on Saturday, September 1.

Festivities will begin at 9:00AM, and continue throughout the day until 3:00PM. You can start the day by shopping in the Attic Treasures; our garage is full of great items.

There will be craft and vendor tables featuring maple syrup, stained glass suncatches, nightlights, etc. Gem Stone Jewelry and Handmade blankets, pillows and wearing apparel.

For the children, BoBo the Clown will be there to entertain at 11:00, his performance is full of magic and comedy.

Terry Rockwell will be on hand with musical entertainment at 12 noon, just in time to serenade everyone while they have their Bar-Be-Que chicken dinners or hot dogs and homemade pie.

A bake sale, which includes our famous Fill-a-Can with Cookies, is one of the favorite stops for the desert lovers.

There are themed gift baskets waiting for someone to take a chance and make it yours.

The Chicken Bar-be-que presale tickets (strongly suggested) are available until August 22. There will be some chicken available the day of the event until sold out. Tickets for the Chicken Bar-be-que may be obtained by calling Dolores Stone at 727-2158.

Join us for a fun packed day; a great way to end the Summer!

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has recognized the importance of forestry management in conserving natural resources. NRCS offers both technical and financial assistance to implement best management practices for forestry management through its Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) such as forest stand improvement, mast tree release, herbaceous weed control, hay scented fern control, early successional habitat management, forestry management plans, tree and shrub plantings, brush management, conservation cover plantings of native warm season grasses, cool season grasses or pollinator habitat and stream habitat management.

Funding is awarded annually through a competitive process. Each EQIP application is ranked based on the environmental benefit as well as the overall cost benefit of the proposed BMPs. You must have a current forestry management plan that address soil erosion and water quality resource concerns to receive funding for conservation practices. The funding for the development of forestry management plans has a different ranking process. District Conservationist Ain Welmon explained “… the funding that was allocated to farmers & other landowners in Susquehanna County for all EQIP contracts in fiscal year 2012 was over $350,000. Our local office, here in Montrose, has assisted landowners by developing farm conservation plans, wildlife habitat plans, conservation security program plans, Agricultural Farmland preservation plans to insure that they were in a good position to have their Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) and other applications funded.”

To have your project considered for the first round of fiscal year 2013 funding, applications available at all USDA NRCS offices must be submitted to your local NRCS office no later than 9/15/2012. Applications received after that time will be evaluated in consecutive rounds if funds remain. The office can be reached by calling 278-1011, extension 2, 103 or 108.