11/07/07
Blossburg News & Views
By Cheryl Whitney Boinske
Caitlyn Nicole Bove' turns 18 November 9th. Happy Birthday Caitlyn!
Congratulations to the North Penn Girl’s Volleyball team finishing off a great year by playing in the District Quarter Finals against the eventual District Champion Mansfield!
Blossburg Fire Department will be holding Super Bingo! on Nov. 10th. Tickets: $35 at the door. Door opens at 10:30am Bingo starts at 1pm. Early instant ticket sales, food available at low prices, limited seating. Three jackpots, forty games, $4000.00 total payout.
"Parents of children who learn differently," meeting to be held Wednesday November 14th at 7pm in the Library Community room. For those parents interested in a FREE IEP training workshop to be held Wednesday November 7th and 21st in Williamsport please contact Christine at cbove@mansfield.edu
Hillside Rod &; Gun Club General Membership Meeting Nov. 14th - Open to members only. Doors open at 6 PM, meeting starts at 7 PM. Dinner available following the meeting. http://www.hillsiderodandgun.org
Are cleaning out your closets for the holidays? Be sure to put aside any unwanted computer parts such as monitors, towers, laptops, modems, cables, mouse, printers and keyboards to be disposed of at the Blossburg Environmental Fair to be held on November 17th, 10 am to 2 pm in downtown Blossburg. This VIBE sponsored event will also have bins to dispose of Cell phones, rechargeable batteries, eyeglasses, clean clothing and cloth items such as sheets, blankets, curtains and magazines. Small printer ink cartridge envelopes will also be provided. If you don't have items to dispose of, come and sign up for several ecofriendly give aways and learn about other earth friendly practices from several local environmental groups. See you there!
The Lupus Support Group will be holding their next meeting on November 19th. Regular Meetings are every third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of Blossburg Memorial Library. Family and friends are welcome. For more information, contact Amy Ogden: adavy1@msn.com
The Blossburg Fire Department and Blossburg Firemen's Ambulance Association will be holding a Chicken & Biscuit Dinner on December 2, 2007 at 11:30 at the Fire Hall. We also are having a Gun Raffle that will be drawn at the end of the dinner. For more information on the Gun Raffle contact Megan 404-1659.
Drake Morse Nationwide Insurance has a beautiful Halloween display in its storefront, visible in the day or night with pretty lights. At News & Views, we're guessing that Brenda Pequignot had something to do with it. Blossburg V.I.B.E. offers its appreciation for that company's efforts in making downtown Blossburg attractive!
This submitted by Peter Lupkowski: Several residents from town participated in a housing issues meeting sponsored by the Tioga County Human Services Agency. Information was offered and priorities were discussed for future plans, but the real story was the accepted wisdom on the median age of Blossburg. One participant suggested that the average age of Blossburg may approach the 60s or 70s. So with help from the US Census and city-data.com we researched the median age of some local communities. The median age of Pennsylvania is 38. Although Blossburg is higher at 40, it is no where near the exaggerated estimates that we have come to believe as fact. Now Mansfield, 27 leaves us in the dust, but Wellsboro at 41.5, Morris at 44, and Sabinsville at 45 all are older communities. So instead of the canes and walkers let’s get out the weights and walking shoes, get the “VIBE” and be “Blossburg Proud” of our young community!
REMINDERS:
A food pantry is held the third Monday each month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Blossburg. For more information, contact Betty Johnson at (570) 638-2805.
T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Monday at the First United Methodist Church of Blossburg. Weigh-in is at 5 p.m.
Blossburg BINGO! Every Monday bingo is held at St. Mary's Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Loretta Frost-Steffen; a Creative Memories Consultant holds scrapbooking classes every Tuesday night from 6pm to 10 pm. Call for more information: 570-404-4336
If you or your organizations have any birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, sympathies, events, information or any questions for Blossburg News & Views, please contact Cheryl Whitney Boinske, (570) 638-3107 or news@blossburg.org.
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