September 12, 2018
Addressing survival sex
In the Lehigh Valley, affordable
housing is difficult to find. Due to unforeseen and often unpreventable
circumstances, many people find themselves without assets or support and are
forced out of their homes and onto the street. Although there are programs and
organizations devoted to helping these members of the community, the available
resources are often scarce, sometimes leading already-vulnerable women to
become even more vulnerable.
By Katya Hrichak
Diocese to open recovery school
The Diocese
of Allentown announced in a press event Friday the planned opening of the
nation’s first Catholic-run high school for students recovering from drug and
alcohol addiction. The Kolbe Academy will open its doors next September to up
to 90 ninth-12th grade students in need of an environment specifically designed
to cater to recovery, where curriculum, staff and counselors are all focused on
teens in need. Photo: Dr. Brooke Tesche Tesche
said Kolbe Academy is the first Catholic institution of the kind, and will be
able to offer the added benefit of faith in students’ recovery efforts.
By Nate Jastrzemski
Bethlehem Twp., Freemansburg
recognize Frank Petho’s 100th birthday
recognize Frank Petho’s 100th birthday
Bethlehem
Township Commissioners also adopted a resolution honoring Miller Heights
resident Frank Petho on his 100th birthday. Petho, who is still rather spry for
his advanced age, fondly remembers the trolley car where he would meet his
father after work. Petho worked at Bethlehem Steel Corp. for 40 years, both as
a crane operator and then as a research assistant. He is also the sole surviving founding member
of the Freemansburg - Bethlehem Township Little League. He helped build the
baseball diamonds in 1944 with machinery from Bethlehem Steel and stone donated
from the quarry. Photo: Bethlehem Township
Board of
Commissioners President Michael Hudak delivered newspapers to Frank Petho as a
boy, and delivered a proclamation honoring the centenarian just in time for his
100th birthday party.
By Bernie O’Hare
Steeples and Steel tours keep history alive
When the
19th century immigrants flocked to Bethlehem to work, first in the iron works,
then later as steelworkers, they brought their families along. These families
arrived with steamer trunks, suitcases and their religious beliefs as well.
Since many did not speak English, the Windish, Germans, Italians, Hungarians,
and those from other ethnic backgrounds clustered together in segregated
neighborhoods to be around folks who spoke the same language as they did.
Photo: Joe McCarthy, at center, provides a look into the history of Holy
Infancy Roman Catholic Church at 312 E. Fourth St. He described the structure
as gothic revival with high arches, peaked windows and repeating patterns. The
stained glass windows and various paintings around the walls tells a visual
story of Jesus, in keeping with a tradition. “Going back to the Middle Ages,
people couldn’t read or write. The stained glass window was a storybook. It
told the story of the Bible,” said McCarthy.
By Ed Courrier
Learning to be a good teacher
Oki!
When I moved to Montana, I thought that I knew how to be a great teacher. I
knew what the textbooks said, and I did really well in my classes at Lehigh
Carbon Community College and Bloomsburg University, but boy have I learned a
lot in the past few months.
Yes, I know
the facts and theories, however I didn’t know how to put them into practice. In
fact, I am still working on it; teaching is quite a difficult job. I think the
books leave out the part about students bringing in their own personalities,
attitudes and experiences to your classroom and how one deals with all that. Photo:
Have you ever looked into the eyes of a hungry child? Have you ever learned
that a child you know is without food at home? How easy is it to concentrate
when you are hungry?
By Carina Stoves
Freedom tops Parkland
The Freedom and Parkland football programs have played each other
in some important games recently. The two teams have not only met during the
middle of the regular season when a win propels that team to a postseason run
and a loss damages that team’s aspirations of a conference crown, but they have
also squared off in the District 11 6A final each of the last two years.
By CJ Hermerly
Becahi knocks offLiberty
John Truby took all the blame after the final whistle blew at BASD
Stadium last Saturday night. With Liberty battling Bethlehem Catholic on a
rainy night, the Hurricanes special teams let the game slip through their
hands.
By Peter Car
A 9/11 remembrance
The journalist Mary McGrory, when she couldn’t bring herself to
write about John Kennedy’s funeral, said, “In the presence of great grief and
emotion, write short sentences.” I am always humbled to remember the fallen,
those who didn’t come home on the 11th of September, 2001. I was living on the
same block as the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home then, and I can still hear the
sound of bagpipes mewling in the early morning as another firefighter or
policeman was laid to rest.
By Susannah Bianchi
Another view: ‘Unopposed’ a key word in state house races
Bethlehem: Airbnb law ineffective
Bethlehem: Golf course funding approved
Bethlehem: UUCLV to mark 70th anniversary
Bethlehem: Womens Club blankets meet needs of children
Bethlehem: Performers witness for peace
Bethlehem: Pack to school backpack event
Fountain Hill: Changes coming to volunteer fire dept.
Hanover Township: Rosenthal scaling back public service
Hanover Township: Rosenthal scaling back public service
Northampton County: Council ponders human services building
purchase
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