JUNE 25

The Mountain View Garden Club: Saturday, June 25 at 10am at the new Children's Garden in Clifford. The Clifford Township Historical Society is developing the Children's Garden near the township building. Sandy Wilmot will be giving a tour followed by a short business meeting. If you're interested in learning more about the garden club or the Children's Garden, join us! For more information, contact Mary Ann at maopecko2000@yahoo.com or 570-785-5691

JUNE 26

Salt Springs Park: Sunday, June 26 at 1pm. A Life in the 18th Century for Women and Children. In full period costume, local historian George Cummings presents life in and around the home for women and children. Kids 10 and under, free.

Ararat Township: Sunday June 26 between 1 and 4pm at Gelatt Grange Hall on route 92 to honor Richard G. Ottrell for his many dedicated years as supervisor for Ararat Township. Any questions, all 570-727-2686

JULY 2

Starrucca Wide Yard Sale: Saturday, July 2nd

Thompson Hose Co.: Sat. July 2nd. 2016 Annual July Festivities. Chicken BBQ @ 11:00am till sold out Parade @ 11:30 Variety of food, games, Bingo, Beer & Clam Tent Keystone Jukebox from Noon – 5pm Masterpiece Energy Band 6pm-10pm Large Fireworks Display at 10pm Rain Date if fireworks rain out is July 3rd 10pm

Shehawken United Methodist Women: Saturday, July 2 from 11:00am to 1:00pm. The Shehawken United Methodist Women will hold its annual Shehawken Festival at the Shehawken United Methodist Church, Starrucca. Come Enjoy delicious baked goods, deli salads, crafts, vintage tables, and walk away tacos and hot dogs+drink for lunch. All to benefit the mission work of Shehawken United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.

JULY 3

Salt Springs Park: Sunday, July 3 at 7pm. All-American Patriotic Music. Enjoy music under the stars at the Barn Pavilion. Gold Dust (Charlene Thomson and Rob Siegers) will perform classic tunes from Take Me Out to the Ballgame and America the Beautiful to Battle Hymn of the Republic and It's a Grand Old Flag. Bring something to sit on. We'll toast marshmallows on a campfire afterward.

JULY 3-8

Montrose Bible Conference: Sunday, July 3 to Friday, July 8. Camp Montrose is the place to be this summer! Our fast-paced schedule includes team games, adventure activities like our Giant Swing, Indoor Climbing Wall, Mountain Boards, Paintball (for youth and teen camp) and camp classics like, Carpetball, Ga-Ga, a Giant 200' slip n slide, and a 9-Square! Pair these exciting activities with solid biblical teaching and Christ-centered worship and this is one week you won't want to miss. Youth Camp: July 3-8 for students who have completed 5th -7th grade. Kid Camp: Juy 10-15 for kids who have completed 1st -4th grade. Day Camp (available during Youth Camp and Kids Camp for same age groups) Monday to Friday: Drop-off from 8-8:30am and pickup from 5:15-5:45pm. Join us for the day! Come for breakfast, lunch and almost all of the same activities as Resident Campers while still enjoying the comforts of home.

JULY 9

Lavender Festival: Saturday, July 9, 11:00am – 4:00pm at the Self Discovery Wellness Arts Center, 200 Lake Ave., Montrose. Lavender goodies: ice cream, chocolate truffles, cookies, scones, muffins, iced tea, lemonade, etc. Lavender plants, products, dried bundles, select vendors, raffle, body workers, musicians, Tai Chi presentation. Children welcome with adult supervision. PLEASE NO PETS, NO SMOKING.

JULY 16

Colonial Brick Inn and Suites: 11th Annual Yard and Bake Sale Saturday July 16, 8:00 AM-2:00 PM at Colonial Brick Inn and Suites, Route 11, Great Bend. Benefits Gill Chapter #12, Order of the Eastern Star.

MONDAY: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli & red peppers, whole wheat roll, fruit yogurt

TUESDAY: Turkey salad on whole wheat pita, strawberry spinach salad, cream of broccoli soup, mixed berries, crackers

WEDNESDAY: Chicken and sausage bake, steamed brown rice, chuckwagon corn, strawberry parfait

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

The New Milford Area Rotary Club and the New Milford’s Men’s Club are in busy preparations for the Midsummer Fair, slated for Sunday, July 10, 2016, at Green Gables.  There will be activities for all ages to enjoy the warm days of summer in Northeast PA.

There will be a Car Cruise-In, featuring classic and custom cars, along with Street Rods.  If you would like to showcase your vehicle, please contact Ken Bondurant at (570) 465-7527 or Jack Beaudry at (570) 465-7528.   Come enjoy a stroll among these automobiles that catch anyone’s eye.

You will surely find a deal at the Craft Fair and Flea Market, which will begin at 8 AM.  Call Eleanor Lempke at (570) 465-3505 if you are interested in being a vendor or yard seller. 

A Horseshoe Tournament will begin at 9 AM.  Register with Peter Conigliaro at (570) 465-3830 (includes a Chicken Barbeque Dinner).

The annual Chicken Barbeque will open at 11 AM until the all the dinners are sold. You may purchase tickets from a New Milford Area Rotarian or member of the Men’s Club.  All pre-sold dinners should be picked up by 12:30 PM.  

All profits of the event will benefit both organizations to help with the cost of their community projects.  The New Milford Men’s Club provides activities and “helping hands” to children and seniors in the area.  The gentlemen provide refreshments in the Park at Christmas time and help the local Boys Scout Troops.

The New Milford Area Rotary Club provides dictionaries to third grade students, along with providing numerous scholarships to graduating seniors in the Blue Ridge, Mountain View, and Susquehanna School Districts. The Rotary Club will host an exchange student from Brazil for the 2016-17 school year and co-sponsor eight local students to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program. 

RYLA encourages servant leadership in youth by recognizing and rewarding deserving 11th grade students who are chosen to attend RYLA as an “award” for their past and present leadership and service activities. These select young people attend an all-expenses-paid camp where they are inspired by a diverse group of exceptional speakers, make life-long friends through fellowship activities, and discuss the ethical and social issues of today. 

By the community supporting these local organizations at the Midsummer Fair, such programs as these may continue to enrich the lives of many more youth of today and tomorrow.

The Wyoming County Historical Society will participate in the Annual Founder's Day Celebration, at Tunkhannock, on June 25th, 10 – 4 pm. Tours of the genealogical library, museum and book signings will commemorate this special day. The historical society is located at the corner of Bridge and Harrison Streets, Tunkhannock, PA.

The following authors representatives will be at the SACHS for book signings: Kathleen Steele “The Building of the Tunkhannock Viaduct & Clarks Summit-Hallstead Cut-off': Jack Smiles “The Ninth Wonder of the World”; John Darcy II “Martins Creek Viaduct”; Deborah Courville “The Oldest House Series” featuring the newest book “A Christmas in Time”; Nicholson Heritage Association “100th Anniversary of the Tunkhannock Viaduct Souvenir Book”.

New Book arrivals at the WCHS include: “Witches of Pennsylvania”, “Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania”, Heritage of the Endless Mountains”, “Mining Disasters of the Wyoming Valley”, “Pennsylvania's Back Mountain”.

There will be a used book sale including: Genealogical and Historical books, software and Genealogical CD's.

Since 1976, the Wyoming County Historical Society has worked diligently in the preservation of records both vital and historical, pertaining to the heritage of individuals who have lived in and around Wyoming County.

The library collection includes numerous books, area newspapers dating from December 1798 to present and census records from 1790- 1930 for all of Northeastern PA. Luzerne County vital records before 1842 include deeds, wills, orphan's court and register's dockets. The library has also expanded to include records of neighboring states that some of our earliest settlers came from. The museum contains displays of artifacts from the Civil War, WWI and WWII, a Victorian parlor, school room, shoemaker's shop, barbershop, Native American artifacts, tannery display, tools, household utensils and much more.

The WCHS publishes a semi-annual newsletter. “ Lest We Forget – Wyoming Co. Pioneers”. A table of contents for each issue is available at the society or may be found at the society web site: http://www.pawchs.org/

The genealogical library is opened for research every Tuesday, Wednesday and 1st and 3rd Saturday from 10 AM – 4 PM. The museum is open by appointment from May 16th to October 15th, during society hours. For further information call the Society office at (570) 836-5303.

The Kiwanis-Lions-Rotary (KLR) service clubs of Montrose are pleased to announce that they have chosen the theme “The Olympic Spirit 4thth” for this year’s Independence Day Celebration to be held in Montrose on Monday, July 4, 2016

The KLR chose this theme in recognition of the Summer Olympic Games to be held this year in Rid de Janeiro from August 5 to August 21. The Olympic Spirit is best expressed in the Olympic Creed: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well”.

The KLR is honored to announce that this year’s Grand Marshals will be Area P Special Olympians who have recently competed in many Special Olympic events held throughout Northeastern Penna. In addition, the KLR has named John Blachek as the Honorary Grand Marshal for this year’s festivities. John has dedicated his life to serve the youth of the Montrose Area for the past 5 decades in his role as Biddy basketball coach and as the mentor for hundreds of kids at Montrose Memorial Park.

The July 4th festivities in Montrose provide a number of daylong activities to celebrate our Nation’s freedom and independence. The Endless Mountains Independence Day Races will begin with runners registering, 6:30 –7:30 a.m., at the courthouse.  A one-mile Fun Run (no registration required), will start at 7:45 a.m., followed by the 5K starting at 8:10 a.m. and the 10K race starting at 8:20 a.m.

The first 400 5K and 10K registrants will get a commemorative gift.  In addition, awards will  be presented to many age groups for both men and women. Timing and results will be handled by the Fast Track Timing of south Kent, CT.  Racers may pre-register on-line and check race results by going to our web site – “www.montroseklr.com”.

Over 125 top quality arts and craft exhibitors will be set up on the Village Green starting at 8:00 a.m.  In addition many food and soda booths will provide a vast variety of ’goodies’ to satisfy any palate.   A chicken bar-b-que dinner will also be available, starting at 10:00 a.m. The highlight of the day will be the Patriotic Parade, which steps off at 11:00 a.m. As in years past, the theme will be used as a guide to decorate the floats that will participate in the Parade. The floats that best depict this year’s theme, “The Olympic Spirit” will be awarded cash prizes as follows: 1st - $200, 2nd - $150, 3rd - $100, 4th thru 6th - $50 each. In addition, the Kiwanis Club of Montrose will present the Ted Brzuska Memorial Award for the float that best depicts ‘Service to Children’. The prize is $100. Floats will be judged during the parade for how they best present the theme for this year.  Guidelines for floats should focus on the values and ideals of the Olympic spirit. They can include, but are not limited to, many aspects such as 1. To live lives full of meaning, purpose, and spirit; 2. To make a commitment to excellence – to go for it, dig deep down and give it our best shot...whether or not we end up winning; 3. To instill a passion in what we do as a key component to growth, success and fulfillment; and 4. Create a greater sense of unity among all peoples that encourages mutual respect, admiration and appreciation of others.

The subject for floats does not have to involve athletics, but may do so. It can include how different organizations, groups, club, churches, companies or other entities present their float subject and theme by focusing on the values and ideals of The Olympic Spirit.

The parade will follow its customary route of travel from the east end of Grow Avenue near Lake Montrose to Church Street and up Public Avenue to the village green.

Public safety officials said temporary “No Parking” signs will be posted on streets designated for emergency vehicle access. Violators risk fines and towing costs. There are many off-street parking lots identified for guest parking, as well as lawn and driveway spaces provided by Montrose residents.

The day will conclude with a gigantic display of fireworks. The Montrose Area Chamber of

Commerce will present this annual July 4th tradition on the grounds of the Montrose Area High School beginning at dusk.  (Rain Date – Tuesday 7/5 at dusk.) Additional information can be obtained by contacting the following telephone numbers: General Info: 570-278 -3537 , Arts & Crafts – 607-222-5904,  Parade – 607-725-1285,

Do you enjoy quilting? Want to learn more about quilting? Please come join us June 29th at the Howard J Emerson Apartments in Hallstead.

A noon time meal of chicken and sausage bake, chuckwagon corn, steamed brown rice, strawberry parfait, and milk will be served.

Please call Kelly Allen at 1-800-634-3746 to reserve your spot by 11 A.M. on June 22, 2016 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.