On July 14, 2013, Green Gables was busy with the second annual Midsummer Fair.  The Fair is sponsored by the New Milford Rotary and Men's Clubs.

Antique car at the Midsummer Fair

New Milford Rotary Club President, Kate Kurosky, said that the Worldwide Rotary Club is "the largest humanitarian organization in the world." In New Milford, the rotary club does a lot of volunteer work and fundraising for youth, foreign exchange students, scholoarships, and other organizations like Interfaith and the Library.

The Midsummer Fair is the major fundraiser that they do throughout the year. The proceeds help benefit many of the organizations listed above.

The idea for the midsummer fair was a group idea. The group thought that if they got together, they could do something big.

The Midsummer Fair has grown since their first fair last year.

Throughout the day, there was a chicken barbeque, sponsered by the Rotary Club, a car show and contest with approximately 75 cars throughout the day, craft vendors, and a horseshoe contest.

On June 14th, 2013 the North Jackson Ag 4-H club held a meeting at the Supancik’s house. The meeting was called to order by Emily Supancik, our president. The Pledge of Allegiance was lead by Bailey Ruess and the 4-H pledge was lead by Adriana Zebrowski.

Some livestock weigh in dates are July 27, and August 3. You must call if you want to weigh your animal. June 30 is the homebred steer tagging deadline. August 3rd is 4-H dairy roundup and the leaders would like everyone in our club who is not showing dairy to work in the food stand. Keep in mind that anyone selling an animal at the Livestock sale should start talking to buyers about the sale.

During our meeting three people gave demonstrations. They were Emily Supancik, Jamie Supancik, and Katelyn Supancik. Emily demonstrated how to play her flute. Jamie did hers on how to show pigs, and Katelyn did hers on her dog, Scooby. Then Jamie Supancik moved to adjourn the meeting, and Eli Aldrich seconded it.

Mountain View School District announces that it has adopted School Messenger’s Talk About It®, an anonymous communication service that allows students to text or online message trusted staff members when a threat or concern warrants attention. Effective immediately students from Mountain View School District can use the service directly from their cell phone or any computer.

“Providing students a safe and productive learning environment is a top priority for us, and open communication is a vital component of our safety plan,” said Francine Shea, Superintendent at the Mountain View School District. “Talk About It gives students a secure, confidential outlet for reporting problems before they escalate. It allows them to easily share concerns using their tools of choice, and feel confident that trusted staff members will be alerted, listen and take immediate and appropriate action to resolve them.”

Originally launched in 2005, and currently in use by more than 300,000 students nationwide, Talk About It was designed around a simple concept: Kids are the best resource for knowing what’s going on inside their school. If a problem or threat should arise, Talk About It enables a student to anonymously and confidentially ‘speak up’ using text or online messaging. With electronic communications, students can avoid the stigma of being seen reaching out to a counselor or faculty member or ‘snitching’ on a fellow student.

“Today’s school campus can be challenging for some students. We’ve found that creating an environment that encourages an open dialogue with staff members can make all the difference,” said Carter B. Myers, vice president of Anonymous Communications Solutions at SchoolMessenger and co-developer of Talk About It. “Talk About It is a preventative tool that empowers students to break the ‘code of silence’ and report problems before it’s too late. We believe that when given the encouragement to report issues, and the tools to do so safely and confidentially without fear of reaction from their peers, students will do the right thing and speak up to adults.”

Bluestone Gathering opened its new, 11,000 square foot Operations and Maintenance Center at 1429 Oliver Road in New Milford Township on Friday, June 28. The pre-engineered, metal structure incorporates local bluestone into its design and signage secured from Endless Mountain Stone Company in Susquehanna. The Center will service the local natural gas midstream and gathering pipelines of the Company.

Bluestone Gathering is being developed as the Bluestone Pipeline Co. of Pennsylvania LLC, Bluestone Gas Corp. of New York Inc. and Susquehanna Gathering Company I LLC, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of DTE Pipeline Company, an affiliate of DTE Energy. Bluestone is DTE’s first natural gas gathering project outside Michigan. DTE Pipeline also is a 40 percent owner of the Vector Pipeline, 26.25 percent of the Millennium Pipeline and 33 percent of the recently announced Nexus Gas Transmission System.

DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) is a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Its operating units include Detroit Edison, an electric utility serving 2.1 million customers in Southeastern Michigan, MichCon, a natural gas utility serving 1.2 million customers in Michigan and other non-utility, energy businesses focused on gas storage and pipelines, unconventional gas production, power and industrial projects, and energy trading.

The 8th annual Mountain View Alumni Open was held Sunday, July 14, at Rock Creek Golf Club. The Mountain View Golf Team of Brandon Stone, Brian Owens, Tyler Salak, and Brian Stone took first prize. The Lochen team took second, and the Decker team third. Marilyn Kilmer won the women’s longest drive, and JoAnn Decker closest to the pin. Jason Tomshunes took the prize for longest drive men, and Billy Stramburg closest to the pin.

Pictured are the MV Alumni Group of Four Winners (l-r) - Brandon Stone, Brian Owens, Tyler Salak, Brian Stone.

Pictured are the MV Alumni Group of Two Winners (l-r) - JoAnn Decker and Jason Tomshunes.

Prizes were awarded after a delicious lunch served by members of the committee. The Alumni Association Golf Committee- Jim Olecki, Lenny Evans, Mary Ketterer, Deborah Trieste, Paul Gere, William Zick, Donna Williams, Diane Witko, and Dava Cowan- would like to thank all the teams, hole sponsors, and donors who made this scholarship fundraiser a success.

Y’all come back next year!

With an unexpected and significant rent increase looming, the WIC Office graciously accepted an offer from the Susquehanna County Literacy Program to share space at their location at 17544 S.R. 11, Suite 2, New Milford, PA 18834. Carla Mitchell, CEO of NEPA Health Center, who has oversight for the WIC program, expressed her gratitude to the fine folks at Williams for stepping up to assist them with their move, which took place the end of June.

Pictured (l-r) are: Brandon Pearson, Joe Kazense, Deserae Davis, Kim Purdy, Dave Thompson and Kyle Wilkins.

With time at a minimum, United Way of Susquehanna County staff reached out to Williams, one of their largest supporters, to assist with the relocation. Williams generously provided several employee volunteers, in addition to equipment making the move possible.

“We are extremely thankful to Williams for providing their time, talent, and resources. Their team has done so much for our community and we are very appreciative for all that they do”, said Kim Merithew, United Way of Susquehanna County, Director of Corporate and Community Giving. This is an example of community partnership at its best.