August 16, 2017
Administrators against armed staff
The
states senate last month passed bill 383, which allows school district staff
and faculty who possess concealed-carry permits to carry firearms on school
property. Educators across the state have spoken against the bill. Bethlehem
Area School District Superintendent
Dr.Joseph Roy said he’d be uncomfortable with guns in the hands of
anyone other than trained professionals. He told Lehigh Valley Live anything
else raises the risk that some innocent person is going to get hurt,
By Nate Jastrzemski and Ed Courrier
Fab Lab: ‘Fabulous Fabrication’
Northampton Community
College’s Fab Lab in South Bethlehem will double its space and learning
opportunities when NCC’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship opens in
May 2018. The initiative is being made possible by a $7 million grant to
renovate the first floor of the Fowler Family Southside Center on East Third
Street, where the Fab Lab will expand to half of the new space for innovation,
and the remaining space will be devoted to entrepreneurship. Photo: Tobor the Great, named after the robot
in the eponymous 1954 film, was designed and built by Fab Lab instructors
working together for a total of 10,000 hours. The robotic arm acts under the
control of the special glove shown on the arm of the man in the background.
By Carole Gorney
Fest comes to a close
Joining hundreds of other Santana fans in lawn chairs or on
blankets along First Street, are Kathleen Wentz from Bethlehem Township and
Kathy Brown from Bethlehem. They agreed that listening just outside the gated
Sands Steel Stage venue is a lot of fun.
Photos by Dana Grubb, Lori Patrick and Tim Gilman
Cub Scout day camp adventures
The occasional cloudbursts couldn’t dampen spirits at the
Cub Scout Day Camp at Louise Moore Park in Easton July 14, the last day of a
week-long adventure. Fortunately, it was sunny for most of the week while the
nearly 100 Cub Scouts from area packs moved among various activity stations to
have fun and learn. Staffed by 60 scout leaders and volunteers, these included
stations for scouting skills, science, sports, water sports, archery and BB gun
marksmanship. Photo: On their last day of the week-long Cub Scout Day Camp at
Louise Moore Park, the kids and their leaders still ‘have a ball’ despite some
drippy weather.
By Ed Courrier
Tooth Fairy visits National Night Out
National Night Out, held on the first Tuesday of August, is
a chance for police and other first responders to get together with the local
residents they serve and show them that they all care. Bethlehem Township has
one of best of these community gatherings at its municipal park. In addition to
a moon bounce, water slide and all kinds of educational exhibits, there’s also
plenty of free food donated by area businesses and restaurants for a crowd of
nearly 1,000 people. But the star of the night would have to be the tooth
fairy, who flew in before she started work that evening to hand out
toothbrushes and pencils to area children. Photo: The Tooth fairy is actually
Gabrielle Matejcik, whose toothbrush might be a bit too big for Sophia
Bermudez.
By Bernie O’Hare
Tony’s To-Cat wins TOC
The 28th version of Catasauqua’s
Tournament of Champions proved to be an old-fashioned basketball barnburner. Top-Cat,
the champion of the nearby Stiles League, defended its title with a tight-knit,
62-59 win over Ohlson’s Landscaping to capture the crown. Derek Hall hit John
Amoroso for a layup with roughly 15 seconds remaining in the game to help
Top-Cat to the title. It was a close contest throughout the night, as the
tournament featured its share of interesting games. Teams from Allentown,
Allentown JCC, Bangor, Catasauqua, Catty Over 35, North Catasauqua, Stiles and
Summit Hill participated.
By Jeff Moeller
A cool award
Douglas Wiltraut received a Ruth G.
Rosenau Silver Medallion in the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American
Watercolors for “A Cool Sip” (dry brush watercolor, 35 in. x 54 in.).
Wiltraut’s long-time friend, Bob
Schaffer, posed for the watercolor near the “Poughkeepsie Bridge,” a
19th-century railroad trestle south of Slatington along the Lehigh River. This
is the third time Schaffer modeled for an award-winning work by Wiltraut. The
award presentation for “A Cool Sip” was Aug. 4 in Old Forge, N.Y.
By Ed Courrier
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