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August DiscoverE Summer Day Camps at Jacobsburg
August 11-14 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
It’s a bird! It’s a bat! It’s a butterfly! It’s a fun filled camp exploring animals that fly! Learn about the flying friends that call Jacobsburg their home. Go on an adventure through our fields and forests with binoculars, nets and bug boxes to see what kinds of winged creatures you can discover! Register by visiting http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/discovere_outdoor_explorers_ages_6-8_wings_things.
DiscoverE Penn’s Adventurers (Ages 9-12): Jacobsburg Survival Challenge
August 11-14 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Do you have what it takes to survive in the wilderness? Join us and learn how to prepare for the most common survival scenarios. There will be lots of fun activities including fire making, building shelters, and orienteering! Register by visiting http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/discovere_penns_adventurers_ages_9-12_jacobsburg_survival_challenge.
You can also view community programs online at http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/. If you need an accommodation to participate in a program please contact the park office. With at least three days notice, interpreters for people who are deaf or hard of hearing are available for educational programs.
Nitrogen Canon Launches 1,650 balls
Roy Lowry, associate professor in physical chemistry at Plymouth University, appeared in a video on the school's YouTube channel explaining how nitrogen in its gas form occupies more space than it does as a liquid.
Lowry illustrates his point in the video by dropping a bottle of liquid nitrogen into a bin of warm water and quickly dumping 1,650 ping pong balls into the bin.
The nitrogen turns to gas as the water heats it to its boiling point -- 320 degrees below zero -- and the resulting "cannon" effect launches the ping pong balls into the air with a resounding boom.
Lowry said he hopes the experiment will inspire people to learn more about science.
"For me, experiments like this are the shop window for science. They create the wow factor that is usually followed by the question, 'why?'. My hope is that such experiments will excite young (and not so young) minds to ask how and why such things happen and hence to delve deeper into science," Lowry said.
EDUCATION....
What Is the Makers Movement?
After reading that most Braille printers cost more than $2,000, Shubham decided this price was “crazy” and set out to create a cheaper alternative. Using a Lego kit and parts from a local hardware store, he built a prototype Braille printer of his own. The price? About $350. With financial and technology backing from Intel, Shubham founded his own company and is now working on a more advanced, low-cost Braille printer based on the postage-stamp size Intel Edison computing platform.
Shubham’s story is amazing and inspiring – and less of an exception than you might think. His story is one of the many successes emerging from the Maker Movement. Makers come from all socio-economic backgrounds and are all ages. They use technology and creativity to reinvent the world around them, whether it’s adding motion-sensitive LED lights to Barbie’s outfit, creating a tweetable coffee pot or using sensors to create an app-enabled watering system for their houseplants. Many, like Shubham, are employing their skills as makers to create their own career opportunities.
“The lesson for all of us is that making and exploring through play is not just about celebrating the gifted but about triggering and encouraging the talent living inside every child,” says Jay Melican, Intel’s maker czar. “Study after study supports that the best way to activate a curious mind is to make something. That might be an amazing high-tech invention or a messy science experiment. This shift to making represents the perfect storm of new technological materials, expanded opportunities, learning through hands-on experience and the basic human impulse to create.”
Affordable technology and the ability to share online has fueled the Maker Movement. New tools like 3D printers, robotics, affordable microprocessors like the Intel Galileo or Intel Edison development boards and new programming languages are enabling hands-on learning and encouraging children of all ages to use these tools to move from passive receivers of knowledge to real-world makers. For the first time, students can take their powerful ideas to create real things, not just make-believe models. Kids can solve real problems with their own inventions and easily explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) career opportunities.
The Maker Movement holds the promise to specifically inspire girls to pursue STEM studies and even careers. An Intel study, called MakeHers, found that the social-service aspects motivate female makers and that girl makers develop more interest and skills in computer science and engineering.
Parents and teachers of school-age children may already unwittingly participate in the Maker Movement when children use tablets in the classroom, play coding games or build a soapbox car at home. Attending a Maker Faire is a great way to learn more about the world of Making and inspire kids of all ages.
Heralded as the “greatest show-and-tells on earth,” the Maker Faire in San Mateo, California annually attracts more than 145,000 children and adults over just one weekend. Hundreds of Maker Faires are held around the world throughout the year. They gather to make things, show off, challenge one another, laugh, play, invent, tinker, solve problems and inspire.
Excitement, rather than expertise, is the coin of the realm in this magical environment full of fire-breathing sculptures, cupcake cars, bicycle-powered rock bands, soda and Mentos–propelled fountains and workshops in programming, soldering, welding, lock-picking, knitting, crocheting and robot making.
To learn more and to find a Maker Faire near you, visit makerfaire.com
TRAFFIC ALERTS TODAY
Richmond Road (Lower Mt. Bethel)
Between Ott Drive and Miller Road will experience delays and single lane restriction 24 hours each day until further notice.
Richmond Road (Lower Mt. Bethel)
Between Ott Drive and Miller Road will experience delays and single lane restriction 24 hours each day until further notice.
Delabole Road (Plainfield & Washington Twsps)
Between Grand Central and Eighth St. in Bangor will experience delays and single lane restriction from August 10 to August 11 from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
Jacobsburg Road (Bushkill Township)
Between Bushkill Center and Lehigh Avenue will experience delays and single lane restriction from August 10 to August 14 from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
CLICK HERE FOR ALL TRAFFIC ALERTS THIS WEEK
Summertime at Weona Park Summer Sounds will include: August 9 - Riverside Rhythm and August 23 - Desire
Movies in the Park will include: The Muppet Christmas Carol. August 15 Double Feature Hairspray 1988 & 2007 Carousel The National Historical Registered Carousel will be open Wednesday-Friday evenings 6-9 P.M; Saturday and Sundays 12 Noon – 9 P.M., weather permitting. Carousel Rides are $1 Miniature Golf The newly renovated Golf Course will be open Wednesday-Friday evenings 6-9 P.M; Saturday and Sundays 12 Noon – 9 P.M., weather permitting. A round of golf is $5 per person. Please note the first 9 holes of Weona Park Golf is handicap accessable. Bangor Park Summer EventsSwimming Pool Hours: Monday - Friday Noon - 7pm. Saturday & Sunday 11:00am - 7:00pm.
Anyone interested in volunteering for the Park Board or any of these events can contact Debbie Smith at [email protected] or 610-751-7692 Fishing Rods and Tackle Available
When: Sunday thru Friday, 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Where: Jacobsburg Visitor Center, 400 Belfast Road, Nazareth Borrow fishing equipment to use in Jacobsburg’s creeks! To borrow equipment you must provide a driver’s license or other form of state issued identification. Persons age 16 and older must possess a current fishing license to fish. Adults can help children under 16 fish without a license. For more information call 610-746-2801 or email [email protected]. Helping Humble Hearts for Hope Humble Hearts for Hope, 929B Browntown Rd, Nazareth, Pennsylvania 18064, is seeking local collections from schools, churches, individuals, organizations, groups, etc. from October 1 through November 1.
If you are willing to coordinate with us for some food, personal collection items from your area please contact them at [email protected] 484-764-8198 or on Facebook. They are also taking financial donations of gift cards to Weis, Shoprite, Wegmans, Giant, Target or Home Depot (For box fans summer months) Tasty Tuesdays at Trinity Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at Broadway and 4th Street in Bangor, will once again offer the free bag lunch program to children and families in the Bangor community this summer. Tasty Tuesdays will run until August 11.
Every Tuesday the bag lunch will be available and will contain a sandwich, fresh fruit, chips, a healthy snack bar and a drink. The lunches will be available for pick up at the church between 11am-1pm. If you would like to register but are unable to come at that time, please let the church office know and accommodations can be made. Please call the church office to register for the Tasty Tuesdays program at 610-588-2023.. August Happenings in Roseto
Aug 14: 7:05pm Roseto Night at Iron Pigs. $10 per ticket includes game, fireworks, and $2 toward food. Contact Jennifer Newland at 610-217-7088 for tickets
Musical Instrument Collection Drive The BAHS Alumni Association is running a drive to collect used musical instruments to be donated to Bangor’s elementary band program. The instruments will be used as loaners for students who cannot afford to buy or rent them. We will take them regardless of their condition. If you have a musical instrument that is gathering dust, and you want to make a difference in a child’s life, call 610-588-5198. We will pick them up or tell you where you can drop them off. Let’s keep the music coming!
Your donations may be tax deductible. Visit us at slateralums.com for more information. Enjoy Wednesday Wiffle Ball Nights Teens in grades 7-9 are invited to have fun playing Wiffle Ball and other games on the front lawn of the Bangor Church of the Nazarene at 150 Bunny Trail in East Bangor Wednesday nights from 6:00 - 8:00pm. The evening concludes with a short Bible life application.
Questions: contact Youth Pastor Brian Rasley at 610-588-6929. Heritage Center Lists Slate of EventsThe Slate Belt Heritage Center, located at 30 North 1st Street announces its historic events for the duration of 2015:
The Heritage Center "Oral History Project" is seeking Slate Belt senior citizens who would like to be interviewed. If you know of anyone who has a story please contact Marc Blau @ 570-897-5459. See Christmas Show at American Music Theater The Pen Argyl Alumni Association is sponsoring a trip to the Christmas Show at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, Pa Saturday November 28.
The cost of the trip is $110 and includes dinner at the Bird In Hand restaurant, the show, and all taxes and gratuities. For further information, call Bill Ruggiero at 610-863-6297 August 10Weona Park Pool Pals Meeting Weona Park Pool Pals will hold a meeting 7:00pm Monday Aug 10, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 12 N. Westbrook Ave., Pen Argyl. If you are interested in having a community pool in Pen Argyl and want to do it without raising taxes, you share our goal, so please come! Facebook/WEONA PARK POOL PROJECT
August 11-14August DiscoverE Summer Day Camps at Jacobsburg
DiscoverE Outdoor Explorers (Ages 6-8): Wings & Things
August 11-14 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM It’s a bird! It’s a bat! It’s a butterfly! It’s a fun filled camp exploring animals that fly! Learn about the flying friends that call Jacobsburg their home. Go on an adventure through our fields and forests with binoculars, nets and bug boxes to see what kinds of winged creatures you can discover! Register by visiting http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/discovere_outdoor_explorers_ages_6-8_wings_things. DiscoverE Penn’s Adventurers (Ages 9-12): Jacobsburg Survival Challenge August 11-14 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Do you have what it takes to survive in the wilderness? Join us and learn how to prepare for the most common survival scenarios. There will be lots of fun activities including fire making, building shelters, and orienteering! Register by visiting http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/discovere_penns_adventurers_ages_9-12_jacobsburg_survival_challenge. You can also view community programs online at http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/. If you need an accommodation to participate in a program please contact the park office. With at least three days notice, interpreters for people who are deaf or hard of hearing are available for educational programs. August 13
Blue Mt. Library Fund Raiser A Fundraiser for The Blue Mountain
Community Library will be held on Thursday, August 13, from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
at the Café on Broadway, 21 S. Broadway in Wind Gap, PA. The Café will generously donate a portion of
all sales that day to the library. All
food is fresh and made to order. You are
encouraged to call ahead with your order.
Specials are listed on the restaurant’s Facebook page. The Café is
take-out or eat-in, with limited seating. The phone # is 610-881-4261. Menus are available at the Café or at the
library. Your support of this fundraiser
to benefit the library will be greatly appreciated.
The Blue Mountain Community Library is currently collecting non-perishable foods for the Hope UCC Food Bank in Wind Gap, through September 12. Please consider donating to this ministry and bring your food items to the library, located at 216 S. Robinson Ave., Pen Argyl, PA. Hours are M-Sa, 10:00 am- Noon, and M-Th, 6:00-8:00 pm. Call 610-863-3029 for information or visit www.bmcl.org August 14
East Bangor UMCC Book Sale
The East Bangor United Methodist Community Church is holding a "Used Book Sale" on Friday, August 14th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A "bag" sale will be held on Monday, August 17th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. There will be books for children and adults, all at bargain prices. Baked goods will also be for sale. Donations will be accepted from August 3rd-August 11th. To donate, call Lisa at 610-588-8881 or Stacy at 610-317-2671. The church is located at 136 W. Central Ave. (Rt. 512), East Bangor, PA. For more info., visit www.ebumc.org. August 15
August 16
Rescue Dogs Meet & Greet
Safe Haven Pet Rescue will hold an adoption day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 16, at Tractor Supply, Rt. 940, Mt Pocono. Safe Haven will have many young dogs available for you to meet and get to know. Safe Haven requires a pre-adoption application with references and a home visit prior to adoption.
Safe Haven Pet Rescue is a small group of dedicated volunteers from the West End of the Poconos who save highly adoptable dogs from high kill and overcrowded shelters and finds them loving homes. Shelter killing is the number one cause of dog deaths and Safe Haven has saved more than 800 lives so far. Safe Haven Rescue needs volunteers to help with adoption days, fundraising, transporting dogs to vets and groomers and fostering homeless dogs until they find their forever homes. Help save homeless dogs. For more information about Safe Haven, and to find a list of dogs available for adoption and adoption applications, please visit www.SafeHavenPa.org . Contact Safe Haven at [email protected]. Join Safe Haven Pa on Facebook. August 18
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September 18
Free Community Picnic A Free Community Picnic will be held Saturday September 12 at Belfast Wesley UMC, 607 School Rd., Nazareth, Pa.
Please join them from 2:00pm- 5:00pm for an afternoon of friendship, food, fun and music. For more information please call Paul 908-565-2447 September 18
Mid-Year New Year's Ball The Monroe Animal League presents the First Annual Mid-Year New Year's Ball on Friday, September 18 from 7 PM to 11 PM at Trout Lake Retreat, 1100 Trout Lake Road, Stroudsburg. Benefits Monroe Animal League (MAL), Animal Welfare Society of Monroe (AWSOM), and Camp Papillon Pet Adoption and Rescue.
Featuring Riverside Rhythm, a 17 piece big band, with a huge dance floor. Floor show will be Dancing with the Pocono Stars. Buffet style Barbeque and soft drinks, open cash bar for cocktails. Come dressed up in a tux, dressed down in jeans, or come dressed as an animal! Cost is $46.00 per person, tax deductible. Limited seating. Tickets will be available starting August 1. Call 570-421-7775, leave your name, phone number and the number of people in your party and you will be contacted September 18 -20
September 20
Bus Trip Will Benefit Relay for Life Merchants Bank Walkers are sponsoring a bus trip to New York for the San Gennaro Festival on September 20. The bus will leave the Rt. 191 branch of Merchants Bank at 9:00AM and leave New York at 6:00 PM
Questions/fees: contact Karen Campanaro at 610-588-2429 or go into any Merchants Bank branch. Proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society through The Relay For Life. September 25
Fall Trapping and Sportsman Show The District 10 Trappers of the Pennsylvania Trappers Association.will hold its Fall Trapping Convention and Sportsman Show. Sept. 25th 12-6pm, Sept. 26th 8am-5pm. Dealers, Tailgaters, and Demonstrations. at the West End Fairgrounds: 570 Fairgrounds Rd. Gilbert, PA 18331. Contact Bob Counterman 610-759-9203
September 26
Washington Twsp. School Grads Reunion Attention all Washington School 8th
grade graduates from 1940 to the present:
There is a reunion planned for Saturday, September 26 on the school grounds, starting with a tour of the school, followed by a doggie roast in the school cafeteria. More information will be available later. For more information and /or to attend the next committee meeting call 610- 588 - 5198. October 2-3
Rummage SaleA rummage sale will be held at the Flicksville UCC.
October 11 - 12
Slate Belt Masonic Motorama The third annual Slate Belt Masonic Motorama will be held from Sunday October 11 to Monday October 12 at 3:00pm.
November 28See Christmas Show at American Music Theater The Pen Argyl Alumni Association is sponsoring a trip to the Christmas Show at the American Music Theater in Lancaster, Pa Saturday November 28.
The cost of the trip is $110 and includes dinner at the Bird In Hand restaurant, the show, and all taxes and gratuities. For further information, call Bill Ruggiero at 610-863-6297 |
Ask The Doc........ Technology can be wonderful!
by Dr. Gary Williams, DMD
garywilliamsdmd.com I know sometimes new technologies can be frustrating and leave us questioning whether “progress” is worth the hassle. But, that is not the case with intra-oral digital scanners. We have been using our digital scanner at Family Dental Care now for 3 months, and the results are amazing. Sure, it’s pretty “cool” technology, and it has been totally comfortable for patients. No gagging going on! And the turn around time is much shorter. All of these are pluses, but here is the real benefit… the accuracy and fit of what we are making. I can comfortably predict a great fit of your new crowns, splints, Invisalign aligners, retainers, and anything else we scan for. That makes it worthwhile. It’s one thing to restore your mouth to health, but I want, you want, and you deserve to rest assured that what is placed in your mouth is the best possible fit known to dentistry. Digital scanning is here to stay at Family Dental Care. Feel free to ask us about our scanner. Garywilliamsdmd.com. Slate Belt Senior Center
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