This week, birthday greetings go out to Sue Hadley of Blossburg. If you
see this wonderful community member, wish her a great day! Does someone
you know have a birthday, anniversary, or other “brag event” to announce
in this column? Send the information to barb_slocum@...
<mailto:barb_slocum@...> or call 570-656-6597 and let us know
what’s happening.

Congratulations to Jim McIntosh, who has been named St. John Neumann’s
Rookie Bingo Worker of the Year! He was selected for this award by his
peers, due to his contagious enthusiasm. All of the Bingo workers
volunteer many hours for a good cause; thank you all.

This is the final week of school for the Southern Tioga School District.
Can you believe another year has passed already? Soon, there will be
many kids enjoying the summer by engaging in outdoor activities. Let's
all be alert while driving, so that everyone can have a safe season.


Don't forget to visit the Blossburg Farmers Market held every Saturday
from 8 am to 1 pm in the Riverside Plaza parking lot.

One activity that people of all ages can be involved in is the Blossburg
Memorial Library's exciting summer reading program. It will be from June
16th through July 21st. The theme is “Be Creative @ Your Library.” Each
Tuesday at 10:00 AM, there will be fun activities such as music,
painting, scrapbooking, photography, computer graphics, martial arts,
and more! Call the library at 638-2197 for more information, or visit
http://www.blossburgmemoriallibrary.com
<http://www.blossburgmemoriallibrary.com/> to register online. You can
use this program to teach others about one of your talents or hobbies,
too. Contact Shelby at the library to find out how to be a part of the
program.

Another annual summer tradition is Vacation Bible School. Several
churches in Blossburg conduct VBS each year. There have been rumors that
the First Baptist Church will be transformed into a forest campground in
a few weeks! Child Evangelism Fellowship hosts a week-long day camp at
Nauvoo, with bus service for participating children. For more
information, contact 724-4591.

The swimming pool at Island Park opens on June 5. Season passes are
$50/single, $90/family. Get your passes today; after June 12, the price
increases to $60/single and $120/family.

[It’s nearly time for the 21st annual reunion of Blossburg and North
Penn High Schools. Classes ending in “4” and “9” will receive special
recognition. For the schedule of events on Saturday, August 1, go to
http://blossburg.org/alumni/09invite.pdf.

If your organization has a special event or meeting notice that you
would like noted on the blossburg.org events calendar, email details to
events@... <mailto:events@...>. Please include
the date, time, location and some information about the event. To have
your community events posted on the large sign by the green bridge, send
the information to: sign@... <mailto:sign@...> .
Please submit information two weeks before the event.

What do you know? Have you heard something interesting that you’d like
to share? To submit a birthday or anniversary greeting, a community
event, or any other item for publication, send items to
news@..., or call Barb Slocum at 570-656-6597. Until next
time, have a wonderful week!