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THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email [email protected] - PAGE 3
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Lyme Disease Awareness in Forest City April 21st
Statistics are staggering! Ac-cording to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC) website www.cdc.gov data from 2014 indicates 96 per-cent of confirmed Lyme disease cases were reported from only 14 states nationwide. Of those 14, Pennsylvania had the high-est number with 6,470 confirmed and another 1,017 cases listed as “probable”.
“Lyme disease is very preva-lent in the northeast,” stated Walter Dobushak, DO, board cer-tified family physician at McAn-drew Family Health Center in Vandling, part of Wayne Memo-rial Community Health Centers. “I’ve treated hundreds of cases when I was practicing in New York and I’m also seeing cases here.”
On Thursday, April 21, Dr. Do-bushak will share his experience with Lyme disease through a program intended to increase the community’s awareness of the ill-ness. The program will be held at the Forest City Area Emergency Services building, 380 Railroad Street, Forest City, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for the general public as well as area EMS profession-als. Topics covered will include: history of Lyme disease; caution in removing ticks; symptoms; current treatment and best line
of defense based on CDC recom-mendations. Refreshments will be served.
Prior to becoming the full-time family physician at the McAn-drew Family Health Center in April of 2015, Dr. Dobushak maintained a private family prac-tice in Kerhonkson, NY for more than 37 years. He also served as a consultant to the Public Health Department for Ulster County, NY. In that role, he focused on re-search and epidemiology regard-ing infectious diseases including West Nile Virus and Lyme dis-ease.
The Lyme Disease Awareness Program is free to the public and no reservations are required. For more information, call Wayne Memorial Public Relations De-partment at 570-253-8390.
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The FCR School District has recently been informed that senior Anna Congdon, Browndale, has been awarded a 2016 National Scholastic Art Gold Medal for her art work “Lush Blush”. National Medalists for this award represent less than 1% of the 320,000 submissions. Past winners of this award include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Lena Dunham, and Ken Burns. Anna and her teacher, Mrs. Galinsky, are now invited to attend a National Ceremony at Carnegie Hall to recognize and showcase award winners. Furthermore, Anna’s art work will also be featured in a National Exhibition at Par-sons School of Design at the New School and Pratt Institutes Manhattan Gallery. Anna is the Forest City Regional’s second Gold Medalist in as many years. Last year Mahala Samp-son also won a gold medal for her artwork. The board also congratulated and thanked Mrs. Galinsky because this honor is a reflection of her hard work and dedication to the students. Pictured from left are Superintendent Dr. Jessica Aquilina, Dan, Kathleen, Anna and Danny Congdon; Mary Emmett, board president; and Principal Peter Jordan.
A. Congdon honored by board FCR Field Trips Approved by School Board
The Forest City Regional School Board approved the following field trips at the monthly meeting on Monday, April 11:
•Grade 12 Chorus student to the PMEA All-State Confer-ence, Hershey, PA on March 30, 2016 at a cost of $645.
•Elementary Life Skills pro-gram to the Kingston Armory on April 1, 2016 at a cost of $206.40.
•PreK students to Valley Bowling, Childs, on April 8, 2016 at a cost of $527.50.
•Grades 9-12 girls to attend Cinderella’s Closet, Genetti’s, Dickson City, on April 14, 2016 at a cost of $123.76.
•HS Entrepreneurship stu-dents to the Entrepreneur-ship Challenge at Settlers’ Inn on April 15, 2016 at a cost of $303.76.
•Grades 7-12 High School Vocal Jazz to Mansfield Uni-versity on April 21, 2016 at a cost of $290.
•PreK students to R. B. Fries on April 22, 2016 at a cost of $150.00.
•Mrs. Moran’s class to the Scranton Cultural Center on April 28, 2016 at a cost $483.76.
•Grades 5-8 Band stu-dents to Tunkhannock Middle School on April 29, 2016 at a cost of $400.
•Grades 11 and 12 Speech students to Lackawanna Col-lege, Lake Region, Hawley, on May 5, 2016 at a cost of $213.76.
•Grade 1 students to the Discovery Center of the South-ern Tier and the Ross Park Zoo on May 24, 2016 at a cost of $973.30.
•Mrs. Moran’s class to Mc-Dade Park on May 27, 2016 at a cost of $393.76.
•Grade 3 students to the Roberson Science Museum, Binghamton, NY, on June 1, 2016 at a cost of $806.40.
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Vandling Tax Office Hours
The Vandling Borough Tax Office will be open April 27 and May 11 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Payments can also be mailed to Vandling Borough Tax Collector, c/o Mary Ann Risboskin, 433 Clinton Street, Vandling, PA 18421.
Baron Inducted into Teacher Education Program
Jennifer Baron, Vandling, is one of 15 Wilkes Univer-sity students inducted into the teacher education program at a pinning ceremony attended by faculty, parents, friends and students on March 15. Students were presented with “Proud to Teach” pins by fac-ulty presenters.
The ceremony marked their achievement of completing the Pennsylvania Department of Education requirements for entrance into the teacher edu-cation program. The require-ments include: passing a test of basic skills for educators; earn-ing at least a 3.0 grade point average; completing 48 credit hours including six credits in mathematics and six credits in English. These students will continue their studies in edu-cation and their major content area at the advanced level of coursework, which will culmi-nate in student teaching.
Pet of the Week
Rex and Midnight love swimming and going for walks. Rex is 6 months old
and Midnight is 10 1/2 years old. They are owned by Steve, Susan and Steven Striefsky, Falls Church, VA.
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Great American Clean-Up April 23 & 24
Help keep the D&H trail beautiful and join us for our spring clean-ups! We will partner with “Friends of the Starrucca Creek” on April 23 and 24 in support of their ef-forts to clean up the trail in the Melrose Area. Volunteers meet 9 AM, rain or shine, where Melrose Road crosses the D&H Rail-Trail. Cleanup supplies will be provided as will lunch and dinner. Volun-teers are welcome one or both days. GPS coordinates to the site: 41.929147-75.507154
The second clean-up will be in the Simpson area. This will be a geocashing event or-ganized by Valerie and Jessica Pratt. Volunteers meet at the Jefferson Street Park and can park in the Fell Twp. Jefferson Street Park or Frank’s Place. The cleanup will concentrate on the trail in the River Street area. The event starts at 9 AM and cleanup supplies will be provided. For more informa-tion on either of the hikes: [email protected] 679-9300.
The Great American Clean-up attracts over 4 million vol-unteers nationwide in what is the largest annual community improvement program. Help us keep PA beautiful!
