MAY 25

16U/18U TRAVEL SOFTBALL TEAM: Seeking an additional payer to fill out their roster. For more information or to schedule a private tryout, contact 570-504-4808, 570-351-5187 or 570-241-7030.

MAY 27-29

MULTIFAMILY YARD SALE: Benefit for new Susquehanna County Library building fund, Friday, May 27- Sunday, May 29, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Route 92 - 3 1/2 miles south of Lenox Corners or 6 miles north of Nicholson.

MONDAY

Centers Closed Memorial Day

TUESDAY

Chicken & sausage bake, steamed brown rice, chuck wagon corn, strawberry Parfait

WEDNESDAY

Glazed pork roast, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, whole wheat dinner roll, apple slices

THURSDAY

Turkey and dumplings, boiled new potatoes, green & wax beans, peach crisp

FRIDAY

Herb baked fish, scalloped potatoes, snap peas, whole wheat roll, vanilla ice cream

The Butternut Gallery & Second Story Books invites everyone to come and vote for their favorite work in focus—exploring our regional sense of place, the eighth annual exhibit of paintings, photographs and three-dimensional pieces by area artists. This year, 54 artists submitted work, and the jurors selected 80 pieces for the exhibit. focus will open to the public on Saturday, May 21—the day of the Montrose Chocolate & Wine Festival, that annual celebration of local good living just a half block away in downtown Montrose. focus will remain on view through June 5 during regular gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday 11am-5pm.

This year’s focus exhibit artists competed for more than $4,500 in prizes, inlcuding the $1,000 Best In Show award, two People’s Choice Awards, the Chocolate & Wine Festival Award, and first place winners in several media. Awards will be made public on May 21, with the exception of the People’s Choice Awards, which will be proclaimed after all public votes have been tallied on June 5.

A portion of the gallery proceeds from the focus exhibit will be donated to the Chocolate & Wine Festival’s charitable causes.

The 400-acre nature preserve, Florence Shelly Wetlands, Thompson, PA, is recognized as an ecological niche of uncommon diversity, and on Sunday, May 29, at 2:00 PM, participants on a guided nature walk will discover both rare and common wildflowers hidden among leaves, clustered along streambeds, nestled against rocky outcroppings, and even feeding on insects in a bog. The walk will be led by Nancy Wottrich, a local naturalist and environmental educator whose expertise is matched only by her energetic sense of adventure.

Nancy invites participants to explore how the plants grow, why they flourish in particular places and not in others, and what challenges they’re facing from insects, invasive plant species, and even poaching by garden enthusiasts. She will have field guides on hand and will help you learn shortcuts to identifying flowers by leaves, stalks, and colors, so you don’t have to flip through an entire guidebook to find the plant you’re admiring.

The walk will include Weirs Pond, a glacial quaking bog where carnivorous pitcher plants should be in bloom. Tucked among ancient sedimentary rocks you are likely to discover two rare species of wildflower, yellow clintonia and twisted rosy stalk. This is also a perfect time to spot the extravagantly beautiful Lady’s Slippers hidden in the woods. There will be many additional surprises as well.

The walk is scheduled to last two hours, with an optional extra hour of wildflower viewing possible for enthusiasts.

Nancy Wottrich has been in the field of environmental education and interpretive natural history since 1980. She has a Masters degree in Environmental Studies and has worked with all age groups, teaching about natural history by using the whole-ecology approach that considers species in the context of their surroundings. She has been actively involved with Salt Springs State Park and does biological surveys in the fields of land protection and land trust. Since 2001 she has worked as environmental consultant in Susquehanna County. She has been leading walks at Florence Shelly Wetlands Preserve for several years.

The wildflower walk is free of charge and we’ll go if it rains, so bring rain gear if necessary. Even if the sun is out, it’s a good idea to wear waterproof shoes, since we’ll be walking in a wetland. The walk is free and no reservations are required. Although the terrain in the preserve is quite flat, it is extremely uneven in places, with hidden stones and tree roots jutting into the trail.

Meet at 2:00 PM at the preserve parking lot one mile north of Thompson on Route 171, at the point where Stack Road intersects. A sign marks the entrance. For more information call Trebbe Johnson at 570/396-0293.

Do you enjoy quilting? Want to learn more about quilting? Please come join us May 31st at The Meadows at Tiffany Pines, McCollum Rd, Montrose.

Please call Kelly Allen at 1-800-634-3746 to reserve your spot by 11 A.M. on May 26, or if you have any questions about the event.

This free event is sponsored by the B/S/S/T AAA, Inc. and open to the public that is 60 years and older. For additional information on Area Agency on Aging services, please call 1-800-982-4346.

B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging, Inc. are funded in part by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging; the United Way of Bradford County; the United Way of Susquehanna County and the Bradford, Sullivan, Susquehanna, and Tioga County Commissioners.

Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts, in partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Hallstead, 107 Pine St, Hallstead, PA presents Concentio Choir’s “Journey On” concert on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 7 p.m. The performance is open to all, and donations are welcomed. 

This concert, led by Artistic and General Director Kathryn Barnard, will take the audience on a journey from childhood through the end of life.  Concurrently, the audience will be transported to other places, times and cultures through both multi-cultural and traditional choral repertoire. Featured works include Mark Sirett’s Iroquois Soundscape, “Watane”, Jackson Berkey’s South Dakota Shadows Suite, Paul Halley’s Untraveled Worlds and Chris Massa’s “How Can I Keep from Singing”, which was composed for Concentio.

Concentio is comprised of girls from 7th through 12th grade, tours annually and sings a varied repertoire of challenging, multi-part women’s choral music, both classical and contemporary.  The choir has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival and the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival and has produced a number of albums.

Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts is a nonprofit charitable organization established in 2005 with a commitment to ethnic and socio-economic diversity and to making education in the arts financially and geographically accessible to all children and adolescents in Pittsburgh.  It has become a community leader in music education, offering programs, classes, and camps to enrich the lives of people in Pittsburgh. Programs currently include almost 100 members in four girlchoirs and one boychoir in the Choral School, a women’s chorus, as well as numerous music education outreach programs for underserved children as young as preschool. Learn more at pghchoralarts.org

The Mt. View School District Alumni Association 11th annual golf tournament will be held Sunday, June 12 at Rock Creek Golf Course.

Proceeds benefit scholarship funds that are managed by the Community Foundation. On May 23, during the Senior Awards Program, they will award two Mt. View scholarships and one R.W. Klenk Scholarship to graduating seniors.

The support of teams, Tee’s and raffle/door prizes help to make this event a success. Good food and fellowship are always enjoyed.

Contact Debbie Trieste at 570-222-2069 or Donna Williams at 570-942-6348 for more information.

On Monday, May 30th, a Memorial Day Service will take place honoring the fallen heroes of Susquehanna County, Bradford County, Lackawana County and Wayne County, who paid the ultimate price in defense of their country in the Iraq War.

The Service will take place at the Welcome Center, Great Bend, on Interstate 81, Exit 230, in Great Bend, Pennsylvania at 1:00 pm.

The names of the honored fallen are: SPC Lee Wiegand - Hallstead - Susquehanna County; SGT Eric W. Slebodnik - Greenfield Township, Lackawana County; SFC George A. Pugliese - Carbondale, Lackawana County; SSG Ryan G. Ostram - Liberty Township, Susquehanna County; SPC William L. Evans - Hallstead, Susquehanna County; SPC Oliver J. Brown - Athens, Bradford County; SGT Andrew W. Brown - Pleasant Mount, Wayne County; SSG Daniel L. Arnold - Montrose, Susquehanna County.

These young men were part of Bravo Company,First Battalion, 109th Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

Please remember and honor our fallen heroes!

George Stark, Director of External Affairs, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, will be the opening speaker at the “Open for Business” briefing on Thursday, May 18, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains, 270 Lake Avenue, Montrose.

The event is hosted by the Progress Authority, and sponsored by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation.

The Open for Business briefing will educate businesses seriously considering relocating from outside the region to Susquehanna County. The session will provide information to attendees on state and county incentives to relocate existing businesses; natural gas and other infrastructure developments; and the readily accessible, underutilized, highway and rail systems that uniquely position the businesses hours away from highly attractive markets of New England, New York City and Philadelphia.

Speakers from the Progress Authority, Cabot, The Governor’s Action Team, Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center, Northern Tier Regional Planning & Development Commission, University of Scranton Small Business Development Center, and Susquehanna County will be featured at the event.

A new business, with a significant investment in the county, will be announced during this event.

Anyone wishing more information is directed to Tony Ventello at 888-263-0937 or rcbpa@epix.net.