February 28. 2018
Bethlehem residents dance in THON 2018
Each year
Penn State students volunteer countless hours to organize and fundraise for the
biggest student-run philanthropy in the world: THON. Starting Feb. 16 at 6
p.m., over 700 students, or “Dancers,” started the 46-hour-long stretch
consisting of no sleeping and no sitting. Throughout the event, the Bryce
Jordan Center in State College fills to capacity as students, family, friends,
alumni, THON children and their families, and many more cheer on the dancers.
THON’s purpose is to raise money for children battling pediatric cancer, which
is what keeps these dancers motivated during the three-day event. This year
Bethlehem residents and THON Dancers Preeti Patel and Anuj Shelat were excited
to share their THON journey. Photo: Bethlehem residents Anuj Shelat (right) and
Preeti Patel (left), wear THON shirts with this year’s theme,“Discovering
Tomorrow’s Wonder.” They are representing the South Asian Student Association
and dancing for the Schultz family.
By Allison Poczak
Traveling Resource & Information Fair
Tables full
of informational pamphlets and the sound of conversation filled the Fifth
Street Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley (CACLV) Community Room
at the traveling resource and information fair Jan. 23. The fair, assembled by
the Pa. Department of State, was designed to assist those relocating to the
area due to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico. “After the disaster on the island,
Pennsylvania became the number two state that Puerto Ricans are moving [to],”
said Norman Bristol Colón, director of special projects and special assistant
to the secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of State. “The administration,
the governor, the cabinet members, they thought that it was a good idea to make
sure that we have a traveling resource and information fair for those families
moving into Pennsylvania, [so] that we could help them directly.” Photo: Tracy
Robinson speaks with Janine Santoro and Rayah Levy from the Bethlehem Area
Public Library.
By Katya Hrichak
DA proposes common-sense approach to gun violence
John
Morganelli may be a candidate for Congress, but he’s also Pennsylvania’s most
senior district attorney. He sees firsthand what guns can do. The most recent
mass shooting of students at a Florida high school has prompted him to once
again propose legislation he originally advocated back in the 1990s. It’s part
of a nine-step agenda that he wants the law enforcement community to consider
and advocate in Harrisburg and, if necessary, in Washington. He is also
requesting that immediate steps be taken in Northampton County to reduce gun
violence.
By Bernie O’Hare
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Squaring off in the ‘Olympics of Math’
For anyone who’s ever wondered how many 2-by-2-by-2 cubes
must be added to an 8-by-8-by-8 cube to make a 10-by-10-by-10 cube, ask any of
the middle schoolers who plowed through dozens of similar head-spinning math
problems all morning Feb. 10 at Nitschmann MS.
They’ll answer in about 45 seconds. These students were competing in the
34th Lehigh Valley MATHCOUNTS competition sponsored by the Lehigh Valley
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE). Photo: Most improved team- Saucon Valley MS:
Back row: Coach Herb Van Helmondt, Rudra Thakkar, Maia Merriman, Zac Rex,
Brennen Van Helmondt and Coach Cedric Dettmar;. Front row: Amanda Dettmar,
Benny Broadhead, Claire Phillips, Daniel Lanning, Will Maynard, Joey Moser and
Jeffrey Holzbaur.
By Elizabeth Kemmerer
Hawk earn three District titles
When Ryan Anderson found out he was named to the second team of
the East Penn Conference wrestling all-stars, it’s fair to say that it provided
a bit of fuel heading into last weekend’s District 11 3A tournament. Anderson,
who is ranked fourth in the country at 138 according to Intermat, had little
trouble dispatching through his bracket at Liberty’s Memorial Gymnasium,
producing a fall, technical fall and two major decisions en route to winning
his first district title.
By Peter Car
Composition contest winners
to be pictured in ASO concerts
to be pictured in ASO concerts
As Music Director and
Conductor of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, I am always looking for new
projects we can do and ways that we can partner with other arts organizations
in the Lehigh Valley. Creating new music for today’s audiences is one of my
passions, and is one way that we can reflect our times and leave a legacy of
music for future generations. bIt is challenging for composers today to have
their works performed by a symphony orchestra, and so we created the 2018 Composer’s
Contest with several age categories to create opportunities for their music to
be heard.
By Diane Wittry
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