Monday Meeting

HOPE & WELLNESS: Join us for a evening of hope and wellness, meetings are held on Mondays, 6:30 p.m., at United Methodist Community Church, Main St., Great Bend, Questions call 570-879-3198 or email peertopeerhope@yahoo.com

July & August

KINGS TABLE: There will be no Kings Table for July and August at Main St. Café, Susquehanna, Pa.

July 20

STREAM STOMP: Sat., July 20, Stream Stomp, Woodbourne Forest & Wildlife Preserve, Dimock, Pa., Great for kids!

July 20

BREAKFAST: Sat., July 20, Thompson Hose Co., All you can eat breakfast, 8:00am - 11:00am; Includes: pancakes, sausage, sausage gravy/biscuits, eggs, hash browns, french toast, apple sauce, coffee, tea, milk, and orange juice.

HIKE: Sat., July 20, Tamarack Trai Hike, 10:00 a.m., Salt Springs Park, meet at the Wheaton House, there is a fee.

July 24 thru August 21

PALMZ & PRAIZE: Wednesdays, July 24 – August 21, No service August 7, UMCC, Main St., Great Bend, Outside under the tent, bring a chair, Questions – call 879-4506.

July 27

FESTIVAL: Sat., July 27, 10:00 – 2:00 p.m., Shehawken Festival at Shehawken UM Church, Bake Sale and Craft Items.

Mon., July 22: swedish meatballs, green and wax beans, ww bread, brown rice, orange.

Tues., July 23: chicken Florentine, peas & cauliflower, parslied boiled potatoes, ww roll, fruit sorbet.

Wed., July 24: bbq beef, summer succotash, potato wedges, ww roll, greek yogurt.

Thurs., July 25: chicken parmesan, steamed garlic spinach, italian bread, fresh melon chunks.

Fri., July 26: egg salad, minestrone soup, cucumber & beet salad, ww bread, ice cream sandwich.

July 27 will be a day of celebration, as Dimock Camp Meeting hosts “Celebrate Dimock” – an open house event that everyone is invited to.

The open house festivities run from 11am to 3pm at the camp meeting grounds on Campground Road, just off Route 29 in Dimock. The whole family will enjoy themselves, regardless of age, with a variety of activities including face painting/balloons by Cosmo and Connie; strolling Damian the Magician with live show; bingo; children’s games; and a gardening display/demonstration brought to you by Penn State Cooperative Extension.

True Friends Animal Welfare Center of Montrose will be on hand to show off some adorable animal friends available for adoption. Kids will have a chance to check out some fire trucks up close, and the Christian Motorcycle Association will be showing off their wheels and talk about what they’re all about.

“Just Down the Road” gospel band, led by Steve Hulslander - immediate past president of the Dimock Camp Meeting Association, will bring sweet music to your ears to help set the mood of this festive day.

No party would be complete without food, which will be free for all to enjoy.

There is no admission fee, but non-perishable food donations are being accepted and will benefit the local food pantry.

The Dimock Camp Meeting traces its roots back to 1875 when a decision was made by several Methodist Episcopal congregations in the region to create “a permanent camp meeting ground” in the then Wyalusing District of the Methodist Church. Its purposes were spiritual revival and evangelization as the “plain gospel” was proclaimed and taught. It was reported that 7,000 persons were present the first night of the camp meeting-style preaching gathering. The camp meeting was chartered on August 15, 1877.

Today, Dimock Camp Meeting hosts seasonal Sunday evening services. Sunday evening services begin on the first Sunday of July and the season ends on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. All services begin at 7pm and are followed by refreshments in the dining hall.

Services are non-denominational and each program is different. There are many popular singing groups from the area, favorite “return” preachers, other speakers sharing the many types of ministry they are involved with in their communities and churches.

Read The County Transcript for announcements and check out www.DimockCampMeeting.org for updated information.

The Association also has a cottage available for use by pastors, lay leaders and other families for a donation.

If you always wondered what Dimock Camp Meeting was all about for these past 135 years plus, bring the family and visit “Celebrate Dimock Camp Meeting”.

For more information, contact Linda at 570-589-1641.

The Harford Fair is the largest community event in the county and depends on the community for the wonderful displays and prize-winning animals. There are 23 different departments in which to display items for judging. Perhaps you spent the winter knitting, making a special quilt, sewing a special outfit, working on some needlework, or attending a painting class or working with glass. The result is a specially handcrafted item, which would make a wonderful entry for the Harford Fair.

The 2013 Harford Fair Premium Books as well as brochures are available at many area businesses. Specific locations are listed on the Harford Fair website at www.harfordfair.com.

August 1 is the deadline for sending entry blanks or submitting them on-line. Use only the 2013 up-to-date class listings in each department since there are many changes from last year’s fair. The categories, the rules, and the entry blanks can be found on the fair website or in the fair book available at the secretary’s office on the fair grounds and many other locations throughout the area.

In addition to the department entries, there are many contests to enter some of which include the Harford Fair Queen Contest, a Fun and Safety Poster Contest, the Woodsman’s Contest, the Animal Costume Dressing Contest, and the Turkey Calling Contest. Harford Fair is proud to announce the sponsorship of “PA Preferred” Products for the Chocolate Baking Contest, the Angel Food Cake Contest, and the Apple Pie Contest. The first place winner of each of these contests is eligible to enter the 2014 PA Farm Show competition.

Other contests and rules which are traditional events at the Harford Fair can be found on the fair website at. Do not use any listings of rules and classes from the past. If you have questions, please call the Secretary’s Office at 434-4300, Monday through Thursday from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.

So don’t miss out on anything offered at the 156th Harford Fair this year. Submit your entry forms no later than August 1. Plan your entries and hope to see you at the fair, August 19-24, 2013.

The Susquehanna County Holstein Club invites all dairy enthusiasts to their annual summer barn meeting on Friday, July 26 at 7:30 pm. This year’s meeting will be hosted by Premier View Holsteins and Jersey’s located at Evergreen Lane Farm on Mitchell Road just outside of Montrose. Premier View is operated by Matt Deome and his parents, Chuck and Amy. Matt’s four younger siblings also help on the farm.

The Deome’s are currently milking 39 head of Holsteins and Jerseys. The Holstein herd currently has a BAA of 107.3 with a 19,611 herd average, 3.6% fat, 3.2% protein, and a somatic cell count of 65,000. They just celebrated their first anniversary of being Susquehanna County residents and are looking forward to their second show season with plans of participating in the Northeast Championship Show, Wyoming County 4-H Roundup, and Wyoming County Fair. Last year the family brought home the Brent Cook Memorial Youth Supreme Champion Award and Robert Parr Open Supreme Champion Award at the Wyoming County Fair, with their cow Long Brook Norman Polly-ET.

The barn meeting will highlight a fun judging contest and will include pizza and an ice cream social served by the Susquehanna County Dairy Promotions Court.

The Canawacta Rod and Gun Club will once again be hosting its free children’s fishing derby at its facility up on Oak Hill, north of the borough of Oakland. The event is scheduled for July 20th, 2013, registration at 9am with the Derby starting at 10am and ending at Noon. This annual event is open to all children, ages 1-15 (they do not have to be family of the club members). The club is also providing the live worms for the children to use as bait.

Pictured is the 2012 fishing derby as it was in progress.

The Club along with local merchants and civic organizations will be providing prizes for the most fish caught, the largest fish caught and the smallest fish landed. There will be door prizes awarded. The club will be providing a light lunch.

This year’s event co-chairmen are Al Cuevas and Vince LoVuolo. If you have questions or need directions you can contact Al at 396-5033 or Vince at 396-2083. The Canawacta Rod and Gun Club also has a website (canawacta.weebly.com) where you can see photos of last year’s derby and get directions to the clubhouse.

The public is invited to attend a special presentation by the Bob Jones University Music Ministry Team at Brushville Baptist Church on Friday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. The team will present a program of familiar hymns and gospel songs as well as testimonies from team members. The leader of the team, John Pate, will close the service with a brief message from Scripture. For more information or directions, please call the church office at 570-465-3861.

The Music Ministry Team is touring the Mid-Atlantic States this summer. Members of the group are students at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., a Bible-believing Christian liberal arts university with an annual enrollment of over 3,600 students from all 50 states and 40 foreign countries. BJU offers over 70 undergraduate and graduate programs in religion, education, fine arts and communication, arts and science, and business.