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Tuesday, December 4, 2018


December 5, 2018

COVER STORY

Tucker’s ride

Over 600 bikers from the Lehigh Valley and beyond enjoyed a ride to the St. Luke’s Fountain Hill campus for the eighth annual Tucker’s Toy Ride on a breezy, sunny November day. Delivering well over 1,000 toys, which are collected throughout the year, the event is run through the Lehigh Valley Community Benefit and it remembers Tucker Stuart, who died in a motorcycle crash in 2011. PHOTO: Over 600 bikers arrive at the St. Luke’s Fountain Hill main campus to deliver toys collected in Tucker Stuart’s memory. They had started out at the Tri-Boro Sportsmen Club  in Northampton about 40 minutes before.

By Dana Grubb

 

CHRISTMAS CITY

'Tis the season

The Christmas City officially opened the season of holiday revels with its annual tree lighting festivities at Payrow Plaza Nov. 23. Administrators, sponsors, performers, school students and thousands of residents braced the toe-numbing chill with free cookies and hot chocolate during performances and sing-alongs. Mayor Bob Donchez said he is proud of a city “that celebrates Christmas in a thousand ways with lights and goodwill.” Police Chief Mark DiLuzio, who acted as emcee, said the holiday is in the very fibre of the community. “Celebrating Christmas is part of our culture and tradition,” he told the chilly throng. Photo: Pennsylvania Youth Ballet dancers brave the cold for the annual candy cane dance from “The Nutcracker” on the steps of the Bethlehem Area Public Library.

By Nate Jastrzemski

 

CHRISTMAS CITY

Elementary students help usher in season

A total of 109 third-grade students from Clearview and Thomas Jefferson elementary schools may well have saved Christmas around Bethlehem City Hall this year. Mayor Robert Donchez, who is busy running the city, didn’t have time to make ornaments for his official Christmas tree. Thankfully, these youngsters stepped up and stepped in by creating their own ornaments for the tree decorating. Photo: Santa Claus listens to gift requests from Clearview and Thomas Jefferson third-graders while Mrs. Claus looks on during the mayor’s tree decorating event held Nov. 30 at Bethlehem City Hall.

By Stephen Althouse

 

CHRISTMAS CITY

Freedom presents ‘A Christmas Carol’

The Freedom HS Theatre Company presented “A Christmas Carol” at four performances Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. Adapted from the 1843 Charles Dickens novel by Charles Ludlum for stage, the production was directed by Justin Amann, who was assisted by Natalie Parker on production, Denise Parker on vocals, Daria Hill with costumes, Christopher Domanski on set design, Priscilla Salazer on props and set painting, and Elliot Bond on special effects. A cast of over 50 students performed in the Christmas classic that sees a miserly old Scrooge reverse his greed filled ways after visits by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Photo: In his typical humbug fashion, Scrooge (Ryan Hill) chases a group of carolers from the front window of his counting house.

By Dana Grubb

 

VETERANS DAY

Steelstacks hosts non-profit panel

Nov. 11 is a day we spend honoring our current and former Armed Service members in many different ways. This past Veterans Day, Jenny Pacanowski, U.S. Army, founder and director of the nonprofit Women Veterans Empowered and Thriving, did so by hosting a featured panel of women veterans sharing stories, experiences, and challenges faced during deployment and after returning home. The panel was held at the ArtsQuest Center at Steelstacks and featured 3 women, Pacanowski, Corinna Louise Brown, U.S. Army, and Cheryl G. Ites, U.S. Marine Corps. The Q&A panel was hosted by veteran Tammy Barlet, U.S. Coast Guard, featuring questions regarding the transition home, women in combat roles, advice for other military women, and more. Photo: Jenny Pacanowski, sitting between Corinna Louise Brown (left) and panel host Tammy Barlet (right), explains her delpoyment and transition back home, which led her to establishing Women Veterans Empowered and Thriving.

By Alli Pozcak

 

FOUNTAIN HILL VETERANS DAY

New monument honors those who served

Fountain Hill American Legion Post 406 revealed a new Veterans Monument at the Stanley Avenue Memorial Plot during Nov. 11 ceremonies. Guests attending and participating in the ceremony included Gerhart C. Bassett, commander Post 406; James B. Taglang, Post 406 finance officer; John L. Spadaccia, judge advocate Post 406; Jose Rosado, former Fountain Hill mayor; Mayor Carolee Gifford; Boy Scout Troop 146; Fountain Hill Borough Council members; Lisa Lynch, Fountain Hill ES principal; Ned Fink, Fountain Hill mayor from 2007-10; and Francis J. Ferrincen, Fountain Hill mayor from 1994-98. The new memorial is given to Fountain Hill by the American Legion Post 406. Photo: The new memorial on Stanley Avenue was given to Fountain Hill by American Legion Post 406.

By Tracy Rice

 

SPORTS

Hawks fall to Imhotep

Bethlehem Catholic was full of hope heading into their third straight PIAA 4A semifinal with Imhotep last Friday night, but the hope turned into reality quickly in Northeast Philadelphia, as the Panthers jumped ahead early and never looked back in a 43-6 rout. It was the third straight year Becahi fell to Imhotep at this stage of the state tournament, but this year’s result was the most convincing score in the recent series.

By Peter Car

 

FOCUS

Pip the mouse is back

“Pip: The Mouse Before Christmas” has returned to its vintage stage for the 15th season at Allentown’s Liberty Bell Museum. Pip and his holiday puppet show premiered at Hess’s, Ninth and Hamilton streets, in 1962. After the iconic Allentown department store closed, puppets, props and stage found a home at the Liberty Bell Museum where the seasonal show has been going on since 2003.

By Ed Courrier

 

OTHER STORIES

Bethlehem Area SD: Language guides get raise

Bethlehem Area SD: Partners sought to combat lunch debt

Bethlehem: HARB approves Rotunda plaza sign

South Bethlehem: CADCB briefs task force on projects

Student profiles – Isabella Trauger, LV Academy

High school news reports – LV Academy notes

 

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Around town community calendar

Police logs

Area obituaries

Center for Animal Health and Welfare

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