March 28, 2018
Welcome spring?
The fourth
nor’easter of March dropped the most snow for the month. ABE airport recorded
12.3 inches and Bethlehem netted 9-10 inches, according to AccuWeather reports.
The storm was the biggest snowfall this winter, ironically coming the day after
the official start of spring. The Bethlehem Area School District shuttered its
facilities on Wednesday and Thursday for the first two-day closing of the
school year. Snow removal trucks were circulating throughout the Christmas City
during and after the storm. Rising temperatures and sunshine helped melt the
heavy snowfall during successive days. Photo: Lance Priestas and Byron Haydt
walk along Elm Street with their shovels in search of customers during the
March 21 snowstorm which closed Bethlehem ASD facilities for two days. The ninth
graders at Liberty HS team up to shovel when it snows, according to Haydt.
By Tim Gilman
Liberty
student wins research competition
This year,
600 high school students from around the country submitted essays on the
importance of cancer research, and how science can find a cure for cancer. It
was with great joy that BASD Superintendent Dr. Joseph Roy announced that
Liberty HS student Katie Neary was selected as one of the 100 student winners.
Katie, along with Liberty Principal Harrison Bailey III and Assistant Principal
Amanda Hinkel, appeared at the March 19 school board meeting, to receive praise
from the board and audience alike for her outstanding accomplishment. Photo: Liberty Assistant Principal Amanda
Hinkel, Principal Harrison Bailey III, student Katie Neary, and board director
Craig Neiman celebrate Katie’s accomplishment.
By Heather Nigrone
Sparks fly at NCC welding competition
The 48th American Welding Society welding competition took place March 9
for regional high school students attending technical institutes. The event was
hosted by Northampton Community College at its Center for Advanced Technology.
Participating schools included Career
Institute of Technology, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Middle Bucks
Institute of Technology, Monroe Career & Technical Institute, Upper Bucks
County Technical School, Warren County Technical School and Lackawanna County Career
Technology Center. NCC hosted the annual welding competition last year for the
first time and has plans to continue at the centrally located college site in
Northampton County, according to Dino Forst, who coordinated the event as
program manager of the welding program in the Center for Advanced Technology.
Photo: Joe Fronti
watches Joe Kessler from the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
using a welding gun to assemble a “pressure vessel” in an indoor booth. Fronti,
a volunteer judge at the event, is a graduate of the NCC Technology Program and
also of Northampton HS.
By Tim Gilman
Bethlehem egg hunt this Saturday
Marching for their lives
Since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland,
Fla., a phenomenon many of us have never seen before is occurring before our
eyes.Students have become empowered and have successfully rallied peers,
parents and grandparents to help find a solution to school shootings.Just a month
later, on March 14, students across the nation showed their solidarity with
Parkland, Fla., students by rallying at their schools for 17 minutes to honor
the 17 killed in the school shooting and to ask for a solution to this
senseless violence. Rallies were held both inside and outside the schools with
student speakers and administrators talking about school safety. Some students
were supported by their school administrators – others, such as more than 200
Pennridge HS students, served Saturday detention for defying school orders to
stay inside the school during the rally. Photo: Thousands attend the March for Our Lives
event along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., March 24.
By Deb Galbraith
Cookie Crunch features local female chefs
It’s that
time of year for those delicious hand-delivered cookies, and ArtsQuest
Steelstacks celebrated by hosting the fun and tasty Girl Scout Cookie Crunch
Feb. 25.The event kicked off with a Girl Scout-only portion with four local
female celebrity chefs. They were:
Ashley Sherman, who is the executive sous chef for Aramark at SteelStacks and a
2014 Hell’s Kitchen contestant; Heather Williams, who was the 2017 Hell’s
Kitchen runner-up; Lucy Chelton, who is a Chopped Jr. winner and a former Girl
Scout herself; and Sarah Sobers, who is a sous chef at Buddy V’s Ristorante at
the Sands Casino. Photo: Celebrity chef Ashley Sherman shows a group of Girl
Scouts how to make Peanut Butter Patty cannoli.
By Mark Kirlin
All contestants are amazing
The word “amazing,” meaning something that causes great surprise or
wonder, is one of those terms that has become trendy, and greatly
overused. Far too many things today are
called “amazing,” but in the case of the Pennsylvania Miss Amazing pageant,
held recently at Easton HS, the use of the adjective is entirely
appropriate. The pageant is truly
amazing because it provides opportunities for girls and women with disabilities
to build their self-confidence and self-esteem in a supportive environment,
while redefining in positive ways what it means to be beautiful. Photo: Contestant Mileena Schaffer gets
lots of support from pageant volunteers Alyssa Nelson from Wisconsin, and Joan
Anagnostou of Lower Nazareth. Each girl or woman in the pageant has at least
one volunteer helper.
By Carole Gorney
BETHLEHEM SPORTS
Spring sports previews: Baseball and softball
By Peter Car and katies McDonald
Chock-o-block of photos
Lydia Panas began collecting
blocks of chocolate in 2000. She would find time to focus on her “Chocolate,
Hair + Lint” still-life series back then, when she wasn’t busy with family life
and raising three young children. Photographing the combination of lint,
chocolate, and her own hair, the work was, “Symbolic of my daily life,”
according to the artist.
By Ed Courrier
Bethlehem: Council approves vacating street
Bethlehem: Wind project drifts towards approval
Bethlehem ASD: IU seeks more funding
South Bethlehem: Spring cleaning tops task force to do list
Saucon Valley: Student walk-out raises questions
Lehigh County: Fiscal officer reviews 2017 budget
Northampton County: Council gives next controller a raise
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