4/09/08

Blossburg News & Views
By Cheryl Whitney Boinske

Applications for the TCCCC sponsored Linda Lutomski Environmental Scholarship Award are now available from the Guidance Counselors in the Southern Tioga School District. The Award for this year has been increased to $1000.00. Information about the scholarship is also available on the TCCCC website at www.tcccc-inc.org

The Blossburg Girl Scout Troops #153 and #1430 are doing a collection of goodies for our troops over seas to make goodie boxes to be sent out the first weekend in May because May is Military month. There are approx 110-115 troops from our area fighting for us and we would like to send them a little love from home.Some of the items we are in need of are:
Travel size wet ones
Travel size tissues
Skin So Soft from Avon Tavel size (it helps keep sand fleas off)
Pop Tarts
hard candy
Homemade fudge (no nuts)
Anything wrapped individual
cookies (no icing)
This is just some of the items if anyone is interested in donating call or e-mail go_eagles93@yahoo.com ,570-638-3011,cell 570-404-0437. We would appreciate any donations.

The Blossburg Memorial Library will sponsor Longenberger Basket Bingo on May 17th. Stop into the library within the next few weeks and look at the baskets to be given away. You can obtain more information at http://www.blossburgmemoriallibrary.com

The Blossburg Farmers Market will be held again this year in the Riverside Plaza. Anyone wanting to sell produce, plants, crafts and edible items please contact Tonya McNamara at 638-3112 or mcnamara@epix.net

Congratulations to Blossburg residents Thomas McNamara (coach) and Ronald Wesneski (contributer), and former North Penn High School Student Shelly Davis Bower (volleyball) for being inducted into the Tioga County Sports Hall of Fame.

Going to be away from home on Tuesday, April 22? Need an absentee ballot for the Democratic or Republican primary? Contact the county elections office at 723-8230 or Shane Nickerson at 638-2005 for an application.

Arnot Community Center (the schoolhouse) will be hosting an open house Sunday, April 13, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., with special guests the North Penn High School basketball team. Get pictures and and autographs with the players! The game room and museum will be open. Come see what we're all about!

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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