When Dr.

William
Estes established the St.
Lukes School of Nursing in 1884, he modeled
it after the nursing
school at Bellevue
Hospital in New York,
NY. At Bellevue, he
observed superior nursing service and generally superior patient
treatment compared to
other New York City
hospitals. At the time,
St. Lukes was the
fourth hospital in the
country to establish a
school of nursing.
Today,
St.
Lukes
School of Nursing is the
oldest nursing school in
the United States.
Nine students were
accepted the first year
of the program with
graduates
including
Minnie Agnes Ernst of
Bethlehem,
and
Minerva Anne Jordan
of Riegelsville. During
the schools early days,
students were taught the
general principles of
nursing, how to observe
and record symptoms,
how to manage helpless
patients and received
instruction on how to
bandage and make
beds.
The reputation of the
school
flourished
during the 1920s and
30s. During World War
II, St. Lukes School of
Nursing was approved
for the Cadet Nurse
Corps program. The

explosion of technical
knowledge
that
followed World War II
offered nurses the
opportunity to specialize in a particular area
in nursing.
In 1962, the school
was
awarded
full
accreditation from the
National League for
Nursing and remains
fully accredited to this
day. In 1965, many of
the diploma schools
around the country
closed, but St. Lukes
enrollment
remained
healthy. College credits
were added to the
curriculum in 1969. In
August 1972, St. Lukes
School of Nursing
admitted its first male
students.
The school has been
partners with the Visiting Nurses Association
since 1936, helping
people with home
healthcare. In 1956, we
started offering scholar-

ships so more local

students could become
nurses, and more than
thirty years ago, St.
Lukes was one of the
first schools to admit
male students, said
Sandra Medics, RN,
MSN, CNM, Director,
St. Lukes School of
Nursing. Our commitment to our students is
demonstrated by the
fifty to sixty percent of
our nursing school
graduates who are hired
annually at St. Lukes,
she continued.
Throughout the last
decades of the 20th
century, St. Lukes
remained flexible to the
needs of the community, at different times
offering an eveningweekend curriculum to
help meet the shortage
of nurses, and changing
the curriculum to incorporate
computerassisted documentation
and
evidence-based

practice, according to
Carol Kuplen, RN,
MSN, Chief Nursing
Officer, St. Lukes
University
Health
Network, and COO, St.
Lukes
University
Hospital Bethlehem.
St. Lukes School of
Nursing pioneered how
nurses
became
an
integral part of the medical community throughout
the
twentieth
century, said Kuplen.
The school has helped
to transform healthcare,
and our graduates positively affect the lives of
people every day.
More than 4,000 nurses
have graduated from St.
Lukes School of Nursing,
with
current
estimates of living
alumni at 2,700. The
Alumni Association of
St. Lukes was organized in 1897 with the
vision to unite St. Luke's
School
of
Nursing
students and graduates
through dedication to
the common goal of
education in the healing
arts profession, said
Sandra Davidyock, RN,
Class of 1969, President,
St. Lukes School of
Nursing Alumni Association. With a tradition steeped in history,
St. Lukes alumni nurses
can be found in hospitals, schools and the
military and have been
in caring for people

Mount Eaton Church

in Saylorsburg, is hosting a support group
called
Single
and
Parenting. This groups
goal is to offer help and
hope to single parents.
The meeting will be on
November 5th, from
7pm until 8:15pm.The
group will meet for 13
weeks. There is a registration fee, with scholarships available. Childcare is available upon
request. For more information or to register,
please
contact
the
church office at 570992-7050 or office@
mounteatonchurch.org
and visit www.mount

eatonchurch.org.
Bikers Against Child
Abuse Lehigh Valley
Chapter, are holding
their annual Halloween
Party on November 8th
at 6pm at the Hillside
Rod and Gun Club.
Prince
of
Peace
Lutheran Church is
holding a coping with
suffering and sadness
group on November
9th and 30th from
2pm-4pm. The Church
is located at 2445 Lake
Minsi Dr., Bangor. To
register, or for questions
call Rev. Michael J
Scholtes at 610-5882355
or
pastormjs
@gmail.com

Trinity
Lutheran
Evangelical
Church
has open altar flower
dates on November
9th, 16th, 23rd and
30th, as well as,
December 14th and
28th. If interested in
these dates, please call
Kay at 610-588-2023.
My Brothers Keepers is no longer in
need of fabric, blankets, etc. However,
they still need necktie
donations. For more
information,
please
contact 610-863-7949.
St. Johns Cemetery
is looking for donations. This year the
donations will be used
to repave the cemetery
roads, due to pot holes
and black top breaking
up. Donations can be
forwarded to Carol
Hummel c/o St. Johns
Cemetery, 136 Messinger St., Bangor.
Hope UCC Food
Pantry is in great need
of donations. Items
include any kind of
drinks
(in
plastic
bottles) or drink mixes,

such
as
Kool-aid,
lemonade and iced tea;
and all canned fruits and
canned meats (ham,
tuna, chicken, spam,
sardines, canned stew,
chili). All donations can
be dropped off Monday
through Thursday, 8am
to 1pm. All monetary
donations may be paid
to Hope United Church
of Christ, P.O. Box 425,
Wind Gap, PA 18091.
Happy
Birthday
wishes are sent to
James
Impeciati,
November 7th, Colette
Chalemin, November
10th; Kelly Rasnussen,
November 11th, Eric
Kieslingm Alex Curtis
Jr., and Evan Capone
Bickford; November
12th
We love hearing from
you! Send your
birthdays, anniversaries and other tidbits
of information to:
The PRESS
1 Broadway
Bangor, PA 18013
thepressmail@
gmail.com
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The Blue Mountain

Community
Library
Board of Directors would
like to express its sincere
thanks to The Slate Pub in
Pen Argyl for generously
sponsoring a fundraiser on
October 14th to benefit the
library. The library exists
solely on donations, both
from private individuals
and businesses in the area,
and is a free resource to all
residents in the Pen Argyl
Area School District.
Thanks also to everyone
who came out to support
the library.
On November 3rd, the
library once again started
sponsoring a Christmas
Tree Fundraiser. Anyone
wishing to honor or
memorialize a loved one
or pet may purchase on
ornament for $5 to hang

on the tree.
Please
consider decorating the
tree by making a donation
to the library.
Also in the beginning of
November, there will be
newly copyrighted (2013)

books
available
to
purchase in the Book
Nook, located on the 2nd
floor of the library. There
are many wonderful adult
and childrens books, as
well as games, puzzles,
CDs and DVDs and
books-on-tape
which
would make great Christmas gifts. Stop in and take
advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
Book
Nook gift certificates are
also available.
The library is located at
216 S. Robinson Ave. in
Pen Argyl. Library hours
are Monday through
Saturday, from 10am
until noon and Monday
through Thursday, from
6-8pm. Call Lisa at
610-863-3029 for more
information or visit
www.bmcl.org.

ball team has verbally

committed to attend the
University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown on a
baseball scholarship.
Cameron has caught
every pitch for the
Royals since his sophomore year. Cameron has
been the captain of the
Pius X baseball team for
the past two years and
will be lettering for his
fourth year in a row as a
baseball player.

He has been on the

Express Times all area
team as both a sophomore and junior. He was
Co-MVP as a sophomore and MVP his
junior year.
Cameron
was
a
member of the 2012
Pius X District Championship team and He is
looking forward leading
Pius X to another
district title in his senior
year.

By Jennifer Lively

Among adolescents,
prescription and overthe-counter medications
account for most of the
commonly abused drugs
by high school seniors.
Nearly one in 12 high
school seniors reported
nonmedical use of Vicodin; one in 20 reported
abuse of OxyContin.
These are commonly
prescribed pain killers.
When asked how
prescription narcotics
were
obtained
for

nonmedical use, 70
percent of 12th graders
said they were given to
them by a friend or
relative.
Multiple factors are
making misuse and
abuse of these drugs
more
prevalent.
Because these medications are prescribed by
doctors, many assume
that they are safe to take
under any circumstances. This is not the
case. Prescription drugs
act directly or indirectly

on the same brain

systems affected by
illicit drugs. Using a
medication other than as
prescribed can potentially lead to a variety of
adverse health effects,
including
overdose,
addiction, and death.
Let's keep a "Clean
Slate" and protect our
young adults by teaching
responsible
prescription drug use.
Additional reading www.drugabuse.gov/pr
escription

8th, 9am-2pm. 1410

Ackermanville
Rd.,
Bangor.
Delaware-Lehigh
Amateur Radio Club
Meeting: November
6th, 7:30pm. Bethlehem Township Community Center, 2900 Farmersville Rd., Bethlehem.
FMI, visit dlarc.org,
email Ke3aw@arrl.net
or call 610-432-8286.
Bangor High Rise
Craft Fair & Bake
Sale: November 7th,
10am-1pm.
Bangor
High Rise Community
Room.
Coffee House at Slate
Belt Baptist Church:
Friday, November 7th,
7pm. 1620 Church Rd.,
Pen Argyl (across from
Wind Gap Middle
School).
Featuring:
Once Called Saul.
FMI, call Bonnie at
610-390-9124.
Diamond Fire Co. Fish
Dinner:
November
7th, 4-7pm. 110 Main
St., Walnutport. FMI,
call 610-767-8476.
Ackermanville UMC
Holiday Bazaar &
Bake Sale: November

Longaberger,
Vera
Bradley & Craftsman
Bingo:
Saturday,
November 8th, 5pm
doors open, Bingo
6pm. Trinity UCC
Church, 632 S. Delaware Dr, Mt. Bethel.
Raffle, door prizes,
refreshments & desserts
available.
FMI &
tickets, call 610-5881989.
Parish
Breakfast:
November
9th,
8:30am-1pm.
The
Holy Name Society of
Our Lady of Victory
Church, Cherry Lane
Rd., Tannersville, Rt.
611. FMI, call 570629-4572.
Slater Band Boosters
Bingo: November 9th,
11am. Blue Valley Farm
Show
auditorium.
Proceeds benefit instrumental students of
BASD. Must be 18+.
For tickets, call 610588-4385 or email
bangorbandbingo@gma
il.com.
Monroe
County
Veterans Association

Veterans Day Parade:

November 9th, 12pm.
Leaving from Stroudsburg High School, 1100
W. Main St., Stroudsburg & ending at Dansbury Park, E. Stroudsburg.
Bangor
&
Roseto
American Legions Veterans of Foreign Wars
and Order of the Elks
Veterans Day Remembrance
Ceremony:
November 11th, 10am.
Memorial Park on Eisenhart Blvd., Bangor.
Mr. Henry Skirbst
Presents: "Our Icy Past
- Living on a Morane:
November 13th, 7pm.
FMI, call Karen at 610588-8615.
Hope UCC of Wind
Gap 2nd Annual Holiday Toy Bingo: November 15th, 11am. Fees
apply; must have a paid
ticket to attend. FMI or
tickets, call Jen at 908727-0090
or
email
hopeucc@ hotmail.com.
Safe Haven Dog Adoption Day: November
16th, 11am-3pm. Rt.
209,
Brodheadsville.
FMI, visit www.Safe
HavenPa.org,
email
SafeHaven@epix.net
and like them on Facebook.

different gun or a cash

prize equivalent. Winning ticket will be determined by the evening
PA
Daily
Number
drawn at 7pm. Fire Co.
will contact winner to
confirm ticket & discuss
arrangements for prize
collection. For ticket,
please e-mail webadmin
@columbiafireco.org
with your name, address
& phone number, or call
the firehouse at 610588-0597.
NYC Fire Dept Retirees Meeting: Last
Thursday
of
the
month, 2pm. Eagles
Lodge at 1210 N. 5th St.
(Rt. 191), Stroudsburg
FMI, call Steve Harvey
at 610-588-2623.
Knitting/Crochet
Circle: Third Sunday
of every month at
12:15pm. First UMC,
55 North 3rd Street,
Bangor. FMI, contact
Cecily at carcher2011
@gmail.com.
Free Lunch: every 4th
Sunday,
12:30pm.
First UMC of Bangor,
3rd St., Bangor.

(NAPSI)As children,
we were taught not to
open the door to strangers or let an unidentified
caller know our parents
werent home. Today, as
adults, weve been
warned not to believe an
email claiming a loved
one is stranded in
London without money,
and not to sign the back
of our credit cards with
anything other than See
Photo ID.
We can take precautions, but it still wont
stop technically savvy
criminals from trying to
take
advantage
of
consumers. Scams have
become so advanced that
even the most prepared
could easily fall victim,
with
new
methods
surfacing too frequently.
Two recent phone scams
that have hit unsuspecting people with fraudulent charges are the IRS
phone scam and the
one-ring scam. Heres

how they work:

IRS phone scam: In this
particular scam, a criminal will call pretending
to be an IRS agent,
requesting
personal
information like date of
birth and Social Security
and bank routing numbers. Scammers prey on
consumers fear, so
many people wanting to
show compliance with a
government
agency
relinquish their information to the fraudster.
One-ring
scam:
Another recent innovative scam is called onering, which involves
scammers
dialing
American
mobile
phones from robocalling facilities outside
the
United
States,
typically in the Caribbean, from 10-digit
numbers that appear to
have U.S.-based area
codes. Their trick is to
hang up after one ring in
the hope that the recipi-

ent will be curious and

call back, thinking that
he or she has missed an
important call. Since the
number is actually international, callers are
charged
exorbitant
connection and longdistance fees, as scammers attempt to keep
victims on the line.
So how can you protect
yourself?
Hang up immediately.
If you get a call from a
government agency or
other business asking for
a payment, hang up. No
one from a federal
government agency will
ask for money over the
phone, even the IRS.
Dont call a suspicious
number back. In the case
of the one-ring scam, the
number appears like its
from the United States
when its not and, therefore, is not legitimate.
Scammers are able to set
up systems to ensure all
incoming
calls
are

charged-most of the
time consumers are
unaware of the charges.
Use mobile apps: There
are many apps that can
identify callers to help
ensure
verification.
WhitePages
Current
Caller ID takes call
identification a step
further, warning you of
potential scams and
providing alerts for both
incoming and outgoing
calls to signal users if a
number is one of thousands identified as a
scam.
Never provide personal
information.
Avoid
giving out credit card
information,
Social
Security number or
other personal details to
an incoming caller
whom you do not know,
even if you are familiar
with the business they
claim to represent. Some
scams spoof well-known
entities like Microsoft or
Verizon tech support.

(NAPSI)Every year,
more than 126,000
hospitalizations
and
17,000 deaths in the
U.S. are due to overdose
or
overuse
of
acetaminophen
and
NSAIDs, which are
present
in
many
prescription or overthe-counter pain medications.
Acetaminophen, which
is an active ingredient in
brands such as Tylenol

and NyQuil, is safe

when taken as recommended, but can lead to
liver damage when
taken
in
excess.
NSAIDs, which are a
class of pain-relieving
drugs
that
include
brands such as Advil,
Motrin and aspirin,
can cause stomach
damage when overused.
During cold and flu
season, misuse of OTC
medicine can be

common
because
people may be treating
multiple symptomsespecially people taking
medicines for chronic
pain. It is important that
you read medicine
labels and only take one
product at a time that
contains the same active
ingredient, even if it is
for different ailments.
For example, if you take
Tylenol for a headache
and at the same time

Theraflu for a cold,

you
are
actually
doubling
up
on
acetaminophen, which
can be harmful.
Gut Check: Know
Your
Medicine,
a
campaign from the
American Gastroenterological
Association,
aims
to
educate
consumers about medication safety. Learn
more
at
www.
GutCheckFacts.org.

Do not pay money up

front. If you have been
contacted that youve
won a contest or have
been accepted for a new
insurance policy, do not
provide any payment.
For any legitimate
offer,
an
upfront
payment
is
not
required.
In addition to hanging
up the moment a call
seems suspicious, the
most important rule of
thumb is to never return
a call to a number you
do not recognize. If it is
a legitimate caller, they
will leave a voice mail
or call back. And if you
feel that you have
become a victim of a
scam, report the phone
number to local authorities, the FTC and your
mobile carrier. If you
shared personal information, make sure to
monitor your credit
report and immediately
contact your credit card
company and other
financial institutions.

through conflicts beginning in World War II to

present
Iraq
and
Afghanistan, she said.
The Alumni Association
offers scholarships to
students and supports
the educational efforts
of the school.
The Alumni Association held its 130th
Homecoming in midOctober and honored 17,
50th Anniversary graduates attending the event.
The
Homecoming
celebration was special
to Sandra Davidyock, as
well, who is celebrating
her 45th anniversary as

a St. Lukes School of

Nursing alumna.
Alumni celebrating 50
year anniversaries that

attended the Homecoming event included the

following:
Susan
Bechtel, Easton; Charlotte Blair, Bethlehem;
Karen Brandis, Jim
Thorpe; Ellie Darrohn,
Allentown;
Claire
Fisher, Orlando, FL;
Helen Hancock, Chevy
Chase, MD; Maarja
Latshaw, Naples, FL;
Sandra
Mahoney,
McCormick,
SC;
Bonnie
Marshall,
Berwyn, PA; Joann
Marzola,
Allentown;
Diana
McGonigle,
Sunset,
SC;
Karen
Pysher,
Bethlehem;
Suzanne
Scindo,
Stroudsburg;
Judith
Sopko,
Bethlehem;
Janice
Stackhouse,

Nazareth;
Thelma
Thompson,
West
Middlesex, PA; and
Frances Walters, Cranbury, NJ.
Today, college credits
in science and liberal
arts are prerequisites to
entering the nursing
program. During the
20-month
nursing
curriculum,
students
receive 900 hours of
clinical practice in a
variety of health care
settings. Students are
provided every opportunity to grow and
develop personally and
professionally throughout their student nursing
experience. Computerassisted learning and
state-of-the-art simulation technology is used
to enhance nursing
education. Todays St.
Lukes School of Nursing
graduates
are
educated to provide
nursing care as part of
an
interdisciplinary
health care team.
For more information
about St. Lukes School
of Nursing and an
online application, visit
www.slhn.org/MedicalEducation/School-Nursing.
Additional
information is available
about
St.
Lukes
University
Health
Network at sluhn.org

(NAPSI)While
most motorists are fond
of whats known as that
new car smell, there
are some other specific
odors that motorists
should also be aware
of.
Identifying
these
suspect smells early on
can help car owners be
car care aware and
avoid the hassle and
expense of an unexpected breakdown.
The Car Care Council
recommends a sniff test
of your vehicle to identify any unusual smells,
including the following
six warning signs:
1. The smell of burnt
rubber
could
be
slipping drive belts or
misplaced loose hoses
that might be rubbing
against rotating accessory drive pulleys. Do
not reach in if the
engine compartment is
hot.
2. The smell of hot oil
could mean that oil is
leaking
onto
the
exhaust system. To
verify the leak, look for

oil on the pavement or

smoke coming from the
engine area.
3. The smell of gasoline is likely the sign of
a gas leak in some area
of the vehicle such as a
fuel injector line or the
fuel tank. Any smell of
fuel can result in a
possible fire hazard, so
immediate
attention
should be given.
4. The sweet smell of
syrup may be a sign that
your car is leaking
engine coolant from a
leaky component related
to the cars cooling
system. Do not open the
radiator cap when it is
hot.
5. The smell of burning
carpet could be a sign of
brake trouble and a
safety hazard. Have
your brakes checked
right away, especially if
this smell is happening
during normal driving
conditions.
6. If the smell of rotten
eggs is coming from
your vehicle, it could
mean a problem with
your catalytic converter
or a poorly running
engine causing the
catalytic converter to
become overloaded and
fail due to meltdown.
When you smell any
peculiar
odor,
you
should not ignore it.
Instead, bring your
vehicle to a professional
service technician that
you trust to get an
informed opinion on the
nature of the odor, said
Rich White, executive
director, Car Care Council.
The Car Care Council
is the source of information for the Be Car
Care Aware campaign
promoting the benefits
of regular vehicle care.
For a copy of the
councils Car Care
Guide or for more
information,
visit
www.carcare.org.

( N A P S I ) H e r e s
news that may warm
your heart-and your
home.
Theres now a new
resource from the Eldercare Locator to help
keep older adults safe
and warm during the
cold weather months.
Its a brochure called
Winter Warmth and
Safety: Home Energy
Tips for Older Adults,
and it provides tips
about preparing a home
for winter weather and
saving money on energy
expenses.
The brochure suggests
you:
Make sure your home
is energy efficient by

installing a programmable thermostat and

(NAPSI)When
people think of ways to
live green and save
energy in their homes,
the bathroom may not
be the first place that
comes to mind. However, Carter Oosterhouse, home and design
expert, proves there are
several simple ways you
can make a big difference in one of the most
trafficked rooms in your
home.
1. Save Water with
Every Flush. Put a small
plastic juice bottle or
laundry soap bottle in
your toilet tank. First,
soak off the label, fill
the bottle with water,
replace the cap and
place it in the tank.
Because the bottle is in
the toilet tank, less

water is needed to fill

the tank and therefore
less water will be
flushed. Be careful that
the bottle doesnt interfere with the flushing
mechanism, and with
five minutes work, you
can save on or two
gallons per flush.
2. Purchase Green
Products. You can swap
your traditional toilet
paper
for
Scott
Naturals Tube-Free
bath tissue and toss the
tube. Theres no cardboard core so it has
major
potential
to
reduce a portion of the
17 billion toilet paper
tubes thrown away each
year in the U.S., enough
to fill the Empire State
Building twice.
3. Reduce Waste. Use

sealing and insulating

ducts.
Learn about energy
assistance
programs
such as the LowIncome Home Energy
Assistance
Program
(LIHEAP) and utility
no-cutoff programs.
Avoid the risk of
home fires by not using
your stove or oven to
heat your home.
Make sure carbon
monoxide detectors are
installed and working
properly.
Learn about Weatherization
Assistance
Programs (WAP).
Be sure to schedule a
check-up of your heating equipment. Dirt and

neglect are the No. 1

cause of heating system
failure.
Insulate water pipes
to avoid freezing and
bursting. Be sure to
drain and turn off
outside waterspouts.
Identify alternative
living
arrangements
should
extreme
weather
conditions
occur. Have a plan
ready.
Learn More: For
further tips and a free
copy of the brochure,
which is available in
English and Spanish,
call 1-800-677-1116 or
download it at www.
eldercare.gov.
The Eldercare Locator
is a public service of
the U.S. Administration on Aging.

bathroom
necessities
with less packaging
such as bar soaps, which
are friendlier to the
environment (and your
budget). The carbon
footprint of liquid soaps
is about 25 percent
larger than that of bar
soaps. Liquid soaps also
require more energy for
packaging production
and disposal.
4. Clean the Air. Bathrooms are one of the
most humid rooms in
the
house.
Excess
humidity can cause
mold, which can spur
allergies, asthma and
other
breathing
troubles. Use nontoxic
cleaning solutions to
remove mold, such as
household ingredients
(baking
soda
and
vinegar) or other natural
cleaners. Help prevent
mold by better ventilating the bathroom which
removes the moisture

that mold needs to

grow.
5. Install a Tankless
Water Heater. With a
tankless water heater,
you only heat the water
that you use, which
saves
energy
and
money. Gas water heaters give off an average
of 58 percent fewer
carbon emissions than
electric ones.
6. Save Energy. Compact fluorescent bulbs
use about 75 percent
less energy than traditional
incandescent
bulbs and last 10 to 25
times longer. Energyefficient bulbs can also
save you money on
electricity.
7. Conserve Water.
Aerators on faucets and
showerheads use half
the water with twice the
power. If everyone used
one, aerators could save
250 million gallons of
water a year.

Hello fellow readers,

I think Ive opened a
can of worms; about
composting that is.
We've talked about
using leaves in our
gardens but Jennifer of
Hackettstown,
New
Jersey, shared that hers
never seem to break
down. If you shred your
leaves and add extra
nitrogen, theyll compost more quickly.
Manure is the best nitrogen supplement; mix
five parts leaves to one
part manure. Other
nitrogen supplements
like dried blood, cottonseed meal, bone meal
and Agrinite will work
almost as well. Then
theres another level of
composting.
I'll have to fess up; I
don't compost the way
diehard composters do.
Mainly because I dont
wish to lure raccoons
and bear into the stash.
We need to be responsible about the wildlife
we share our digs with.
Providing them food
scraps, or taking out
trash the day or night
before pickup for that
matter,
is
leading
critters into temptation.
And putting them (and
you) at risk of becoming

a nuisance. Bins of
trash sitting by the side
of the road all day and
night, let alone the
remnants of pilfering
from innocent critters,
isnt pretty. Or neighborly.
Composting is a natural process that will
occur even without
much effort. If you put
grass clippings, weeds,
dry leaves, wood shavings or chips and
kitchen scraps (skip
protein or dairy as that
can attract vermin) into
a heap, you'll have
usable compost deep
within the pile in about
a year and a half. Thats
the Mary way, less the
kitchen scraps.
If you prefer to be an
active composter, you
can make a batch of
compost every 3-4
weeks by ensuring the
mix remains damp and
is turned every few
days to reintroduce
oxygen to the pile. A
bin or tumbler makes it
neat and easier to add
air to the mixture.
There are rotary composters that are off the
ground. Then there are
on-ground
compost
bins, which are in
contact with the soil.
The soil helps retain
moisture and adds
microbes and worms;
speeding up the process
and adding nutrients
from
the
worm
castings.
Which brings me to
worm composting in
the basement solving
the
outside
critter
control concerns. Ill be
glad to share the how
to if someone would
like to ask. Its efficient
and your pet worms
won't require a license.
Garden
dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

The mission of the

Northampton County
Fire School is to provide
quality training to the
county's
emergency
service personnel at no
cost to the students.
The
Northampton
County Fire School
Association has kept up
to date with the school
cutting edge classroom
training material and
physical training equipment along with highly
trained instructors. The
measure
of
the
Northampton County
Fire School's success
lies in the low rate of
fatalities and injuries
among
Northampton
County's
emergency
service personnel while
in the line of duty. As
the future continues to
bring major advancements in emergency
services training, the
Northampton County
Fire
School
will
continue to rise and
meet the challenges of
supplying
quality
education and training
to
Northampton
County's
emergency
services organizations
and personnel.
In the fall of 1963, the
membership of the
Lehigh-Northampton
County Fire Chiefs
Association decided a
need existed for a fire

training
school
in
Northampton County.
And so the process
began. First, a committee was appointed to
apply to the Northampton County Court for a
Charter. The officers
were then elected and
the by-laws were drawn
up. The first officers to
be elected were: President - Barry Buss;
Secretary - William
Bogari; Treasurer Robert Rogers; and
Trustees - Thomas Seip,
Reno Buss, John Leith,
Joseph
Poltl,
and
Eugene Brown. The
total assets listed on the
charter for the new organization was $100 in
personal currency. The
charter was approved
and signed by Judge
Carleton T. Woodring
on June 22nd, 1964, and
so was born the
Northampton County
Fire School Association, Inc.
On an average over
1,000 students are
involved in training
classes of one type or
another.
In November of 2004
the school was certified
Test Site #29 by the
State of Pennsylvania
for the Firefighter 1
testing. The school
received great accolades
from the PA State Fire

Academy in May 2005

after witnessing the first
certification tests. The
school has since been
certified
for
Fire
Instructor
1,
Fire
Fighter 2, Hazardous
Materials
Awareness
and Hazardous Materials Operations. The
Certification tests are
National Pro Board
Certifications.
Over the years the
Northampton County
Fire School Association
has kept up to date with
the purchasing of classroom training material
as well as physical training equipment. All
indicators show that the
future will continue to
bring major advancements in fire suppression training, and the
Northampton County
Fire
School
will
continue to rise and
meet the challenges of
supplying
quality
education and training
to our county firefighters. Unlike other types

of businesses, there is
no way of measuring the
fire schools success
except for the fact that
the
low
rate
of
Firefighter deaths and
injuries in Northampton
County can be attributed
in great part to good
firefighter
training.
What lies in the future is
impossible to predict,
however as long as we
continue to have good
dedicated people to
carry out the Fire
School Programs, we
will continue to produce
well trained emergency
service personnel.
You are invited to
attend and observe the
Structural Burn Training Session on Sunday
November 16th at the
Northampton County
Fire School.
Course
Objectives
includes:
1. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of
protective clothing and
S.C.B.A. by safely operating in a live fire
environment.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of hose
lines and nozzles by
successfully attacking
and extinguishing a
live fire in the interior of
a structure using a direct
attack,
an
indirect
attack, and a
combination attack as

appropriate.
3. Demonstrate a
knowledge
of
fire
behavior by properly
placing hose lines to
initiate an attack with a
maximum of effect
while maintaining a safe
position of hose crews.
4. Demonstrate a
knowledge of basic
ventilation procedures
by using a fog stream to
affect forced ventilation
after knock down is
accomplished.
5. Demonstrate a
knowledge of safety

procedures by working
from a safe position,
working in pairs, maintaining contact with his
team, and adhering to
personnel accountability system.
Please RSVP with
number people attending to George Abt,
President at abtg@nc
fireschool.org in order
to accommodate your
visit and provide for
lunch. If you plan on
attending you should
arrive at approximately
10am.

Friends of Music of
Bethlehem invites voice
students up to age 20
and instrumentalists up
to age 19 to apply to
audition
for
the
Outstanding
Young
Artist
Competition.
Applications are due
January 15th, 2015.
Auditions will be held
Saturday, January 24th,
2015, at Peter Hall,
Moravian
College,
Bethlehem.
The winner(s) will be
presented in a formal
public recital at 3pm,
Sunday, April 19th,
2015, at Wesley United
Methodist
Church,
Center Street, Bethle-

Tighe Renner, son of

Howard and Jeanne
Renner of Pen Argyl,
and Samantha James,
daughter of Art and Ann
James and Mary Lou
James of St. Louis,
Missouri, were married
on September 13th in
Gettysburg. The groom
is the grandson of Albert
and Lucille Febbo of
Roseto and the bride is
the granddaughter of
Mary Ann Breeding of
Connecticut.
Tighe is a graduate of
Penn State University
and is employed by
Oracle as an implementation supervisor.
Samantha is a graduate
of Gettysburg College
and George Washington
University
and
is
employed as a marketing
specialist with Oracle.

The wedding party

included Matron of
Honor Amanda Venezia;
bridesmaids Kimberly
Fabrizio, Emily Mendonca, Celeste Rearick,
Sarah Travers, Stephanie Foster and Laura
Struyk; flower girls
Gianna Fabrizio and
Leah Venezia; Best
Man, Buddy Doody;
and groomsmen, Greg
Fabrizio, Kyle Hivner,
Dan Sidle, Bill Lawless,
Jeff Brinkman and Alex
Adoni. A Friend of the
couple, Patrick Mendonca, officiated the
ceremony.
After the wedding, the
couple left for a honeymoon cruise to Key West
and Cozumel. They
reside in Damascus,
Maryland with their
puggle, Nittany.

hem. The winner will

receive a cash award of
$500. In the event of a
tie, the judges may
recommend a joint
recital with shorter
playing times and the
prices divided accordingly.
Individual performers
who wish to audition
must be prepared to
present a 25-minute
recital of music selected
from the standard repertoire should they win
the audition. Memorization is strongly encouraged, but not required.
A short encore should
also be available. Competitors must provide

their own accompanists.

Applicants
must
submit an Audition
Application (see the
FOM website www.
friends-of-music.org for
a copy). An application
fee of $15 payable to
Friends of Music is also
required.
Competitors
must
reside in or study in
Lehigh or Northampton
County. For the audition, competitors should
be prepared to perform
any of the selections
chosen for the recital.
All competitors receive
written
evaluations
from the judges.
Friends of Music of

Bethlehem is a 501-c-3
service
organization
that has promoted musical education and appreciation in the Lehigh
Valley since 1928. The
organization holds the
Outstanding
Young
Artist
competition
annually, offers scholarships to promising
young artists, provides
gifts to school program
for music and makes
donations to area libraries to support musicrelated collections.
For additional information, contact Sara
George during business
hours at 610-437-6000,
ext. 2101.

(NAPSI)Here are a
few eye-opening ideas
for new parents on how
best to help babyand
the rest of the familyget a good, safe nights
sleep:
Always place your
baby to sleep on his or
her back at nap time and
nighttime.
Do not overdress
your baby and keep the
room
temperature
between 67 and 72 F.
Do not swaddle your
baby once he or she can
roll over.
Do not put your baby
to sleep on any soft

surface (sofa, chair,

water bed, quilt, blanket, sheep-skin and the
like).
Use a crib that meets
safety standards and has
a firm, tight- fitting
mattress.
Remove loose materials- such as blankets,
pillows,
stuffed
animals, and toys-from
a babys crib or sleeping
area.
All electrical cords
and
electronic
devicessuch as baby
monitors, bottle warmers, and soothersshould be kept at least

three feet away from the

crib and the childs
reach.
Use a wearable blanket or a sleeper instead
of blankets. Many
parents are pleased to
discover a great way to
keep babies sleeping
safely on their backs
while replacing loose
blankets in the crib is
with a swaddle wrap.
For
example,
the
award-winning
SwaddleMe wrap can
also re-create the snugness of the womb, so
babies startle less and
stay asleep longer.

There are four basic

types of swaddles in the
SwaddleMe line, made
for babies of ifferent
sizes and stages of
development:
Stage 1: The SwaddlePod is for newborns
weighing five to 10
pounds and designed to
create a cozy womblike
feeling.
Stage 2: SwaddleMe
for in_fants of seven to
20 pounds is the original adjustable infant
wrap with soft adjustable wings to provide a
perfect snug fit.
Stage 3: The SwaddleMe WrapSack, also
for babies of seven to 20
pounds, can be orn with
the arms in or out.
Stage 4: The ComfortMe is for older
babies weighing 12 to
24 pounds and is
esigned to give babies
the comfort of a traditional blanket with the
safety and security of a
wearable blanket.
They all come in a
variety
of
colors,
patterns and textures.
Learn More
You can find further
facts, advice and videos
online
at
www.SwaddleMe.com
or by calling (800)
268-6237.

Community Services
for Children (CSC)
recently
received
$20,000 from PPL
Corporation in Educational Improvement Tax
Credit (EITC) funding
in support of its innovative
Literacy
Lab
program.
We are so appreciative of PPLs leadership
and
longstanding
support of early education in our community.
This is the building
block for successful
high school graduation
and an educated workforce, said Jane Ervin,
chief executive officer
and president of CSC.
The
innovative
Literacy Lab program
for preschoolers has
proven to accelerate

In observance of Veterans Day, Northampton

Community College will
present a talk by guest
speaker Joseph Arata,

young childrens grasp

of early literacy skills,
which can help future
success with language,
reading and writing.
PPL is committed to
improving the communities
where
our
customers and employees live and work, said
Melinda
Stumpf,
regional affairs director
for PPL. A quality
early childhood educa-

Chief Strategic Recruitment, Department of

Homeland
Security/
Immigration
and
Customs Enforcement.

tion for our children

today will help them be
prepared for highquality jobs at PPL
tomorrow.
CSC is approved by
the
Pennsylvania
Department of Community and Economic
Development as an
Educational Innovation
Organization and a PreKindergarten Scholarship
Organization.

Qualifying businesses
may receive tax credits
in exchange for donations to CSC to fund
students
from
low
income families attending high quality pre-K
programs. These credits
are obtained through the
program
Educational
Investment Tax Credits
(EITC) and administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development.
CSC is the regions
leader in early childhood education and
family
development,
reaching
40,000
children in 18 counties
annually. For further
information, call Sara
George, 610-437-6000,
ext. 2101.

The program will be

held
on
Thursday,
November 13th from
11am to 12:30pm in the
David A Reed Commu-

at NCCs Main Campus

in Bethlehem Township.
Afterward, the college
will honor veterans with
a celebration and reception at NCCs Veterans
Plaza.

With deer becoming

increasingly active, and
daylight saving time
about to put more
vehicles on the road
during the hours when
deer move most, the
Pennsylvania
Game
Commission is advising
motorists to slow down
and stay alert.
All motorists should
be advised that whitetailed deer have entered
a period of increased
activity and are crossing
roads more frequently as
a result, said Game
Commission Executive
Director R. Matthew
Hough. While drivers
should always remain
alert and on the lookout
for whitetails crossing
roads, now more than
ever is a time to pay
particular
attention
while behind the wheel.
Deer become more
active in autumn with
the lead up to their fall
breeding season, commonly referred to as the
rut. Around this time,
many yearling bucks
disperse from the areas
in which they were born
and travel sometimes
several dozen miles to
find new ranges. Meanwhile, adult bucks more
often are cruising their
home ranges in search of
does, and they sometimes chase the does
they encounter.

Add to this the fact

autumn sees a number of
people taking part in
outdoor activities that
might flush deer from
forested areas or briar
thickets, and that deer
are more active feeding
to store energy for
winter months, and it
quickly becomes evident
why motorists might be
more likely to encounter
deer on roads.
The start of daylight
saving
time
also
increases
vehicular
traffic between dusk and
dawn the peak hours
for deer activity.
Drivers can reduce
their chances of collisions with deer by
staying alert and better
understanding
deer
behavior. Motorists are
urged to pay particular
attention while driving
on stretches marked
with Deer Crossing
signs.
For example, deer often
travel in family groups
and walk single file. So
even if one deer successfully crosses the road in
front of a driver, it
doesnt mean the threat
is over. Another could
be right behind it.
A driver who hits a deer
with vehicle is not
required to report the
accident to the Game
Commission. If the deer
dies, only Pennsylvania

residents may claim the

carcass. To do so, they
must call the Game
Commission
region
office representing the
county
where
the
accident occurred and an
agency dispatcher will
collect the information
needed to provide a free
permit number, which
the caller should write
down.
A resident must call
within 24 hours of
taking possession of the
deer. A passing Pennsylvania motorist also may
claim the deer, if the
person whose vehicle hit

it doesnt want it.

Antlers from bucks
killed in vehicle collisions either must be
turned over to the Game
Commission,
or
purchased for $10 per
point by the person who
claims the deer. Also,
removing antlers from
road-killed bucks is
illegal.
If a deer is struck by a
vehicle, but not killed,
drivers are urged to
maintain their distance
because some deer
might recover and move
on. However, if a deer
does not move on, or

poses a public safety

risk, drivers are encouraged to report the
incident to a Game
Commission
regional
office or other local law
enforcement agency. If
the deer must be put
down, the Game Commission will direct the
proper person to do so.
To report a dead deer
for removal from state
roads, motorists can call
the
Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation at 1-800-FIXROAD.
Tips for motorists:
Dont count on deer
whistles or deer fences
to deter deer from crossing roads in front of you.

Watch for the reflection of deer eyes and for

deer silhouettes on the
shoulder.
Slow down in areas
known to have a large
deer population.
Remember these tips
while driving: Sometimes deer stop in the
middle of the road when
crossing.
Sometimes
they cross and quickly
re-cross back from
where they came. Sometimes they move toward
an approaching vehicle.
Assume nothing. Slow
down; blow your horn to
urge the deer to leave the
road. Stop if the deer
stays on the road; dont
try to go around it.