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News and Views

6/04/08

Blossburg News & Views
By Cheryl Whitney Boinske

Jeff Everett won the TCCCC sponsored drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate to Cooper Sporting Goods in Mansfield, PA. Visitors to the TCCCC Booth at the Blossburg Coal Festival were asked to complete a brief Environmental Survey to be entered in the drawing that was held the last day of the Festival. You will have another opportunity to participate in the TCCCC Environmental Survey and another drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate at the Wellsboro Laurel Festival. Just stop by the TCCCC Booth and complete the survey form. While there, make sure you check out the displays of the projects proposed for the Fall Brook tributary to the Tioga River. Information about Tioga River reclamation efforts is also posted on the TCCCC Information Center bulletin board located between the Bloss Holiday Market and Lemon's Pharmacy and on the TCCCC website at www.tcccc-inc.org.

The farmers' market started by V.I.B.E. has been held every Saturday June to October, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Riverside Plaza parking lot for the past three years, offering locally grown or picked fruits and vegetables, baked goods and homemade craft items. Community Revitalization program funds obtained by Tioga County Development Corp. will purchase our membership in the "Buy Fresh Buy Local"Northern Tier chapter and provide each market within Tioga County with signs to display in 2008. New vendors always welcome. Contact Tonya McNamara, mcnamara@epix.net or 570-638-3112.

Grab your swim fins; the pool is opening! The Blossburg Borough Pool will be open thru August. Tickets are $95.00 for a family pass before the pool opens; $120.00 after. Single passes are $50.00 before opening; $60.00 after. Tickets can be purchased at the Borough building or from Pete Hall at the school.

Friends of the Blossburg Memorial Library Wine and Cheese Party June 10, 2008 6:30 PM

Meet the author of My Heritage, My Destiny, Baiba Kreger June 11, 2008 6:00 PM

Join "Catch the Reading Bug!" this summer at the Blossburg Memorial Library and discover the amazing world of insects. The 2008 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, ages 4-12, with programs, prize drawings, story hours, a reading club, and family programs. Join us every Tuesday, June 17-July 22, 2008.

From Representative Matt Baker's website: Gov. Ed Rendell recently announced a winning bid of $12.8 billion from Albertis/Citigroup Infrastructure to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 75 years to pay for Pennsylvania's transportation infrastructure needs. Before this lease can take effect, it must be approved by the General Assembly. Soon, I will be asked to vote on the lease and before I do, I would like to hear your opinion on the leasing concept and on the other options available to us. Please take a moment to answer a brief survey at my Web site.

NPHS 8th Grade Social Studies: We have been examining Pennsylvania history prior to and including the Civil War. Students researched American Slavery and the Underground Railroad. It was impressive the local connections found by the students to the Underground Railroad such as two homes that were used in Mansfield.On April 11th, students were treated to a presentation by Mr. Ron Remy, a member of the PA Bucktails Civil War Re-enactment group. Mr. Remy is extremely knowledgeable about the Civil War and gave students a taste of life as a soldier marching on his way to Gettysburg. Students volunteered for Mr. Lincoln's Army and dressed in uniforms, marched, and learned simple commands as soldiers of the day. Students were very attentive during the presentation and gained a snapshot view of what a soldier went through. Many thanks to students that volunteered, particularly the girls.

The Southern Tioga Marching Band program includes a marching band in the fall that performs at football games, competitions and community events in the fall, and an indoor drumline and indoor guard that competes during the spring. Membership in these groups is open to any Southern Tioga School District Band Member in grades 7-12! You must be committed to attending all rehearsals and performances. The Band is co-directed by Mr. Will Schlosser of Mansfield HS and Mr. Jon Ruth of North Penn HS. Color Guard consists of flag, rifle, sabre and baton and is under the direction of Mrs. Deb Moyer. Anyone wishing to be in Blue Thunder next winter should be a part of marching band this fall.

The Blossburg Coal Festival Committee has decided to sponsor the fall festival event in October of 2008, a specific date yet to be determined. Now that it is spring and everyone is thinking about planting...plant some pumpkins for a pumpkin growing contest! VIBE is encouraging everyone to grow a pumpkin to be weighed in at the Fall Festival. Blossburg V.I.B.E. (Visions in Business & Entertainment) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created in 2004 to envision, plan and implement projects that will enhance the quality of life for those who live, work, play or attend school in Blossburg. Keep informed about V.I.B.E. activities by joining the e-mail list. Go to http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ 16912 and join the group. If you are not a member of Yahoo!, you'll need to join. More details at www.blossburg.org/vibe

Blossburg V.I.B.E. is partnering with the Endless Mountain Music Festival and the Blossburg-North Penn Alumni Association to bring you "Music Meets Memories: A Weekend in Blossburg," August 1 & 2, 2008. To get your own copy of the invitation, please go to www.blossburg.org/alumni and register now!!! The invitations will be mailed May 19th, and the alumni website will be redesigned to accommodate online payment for concert and reunion tickets. If you're not an alum but still want an invitation, go register and put 9999 in the "class of" box. Please pass this note along to all your friends, relatives, and Blossburg-North Penn alumni. This is a very exciting and unique event that we hope will encourage lots of people to visit Blossburg!

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.