Category Archives: January 2017

Purple Club awards scholarships to area students

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The Purple Club awarded four annual $1,000 scholarships to University of Scranton students from Lackawanna County.

Noteworthy among gifts to University of Scranton students are the amounts contributed annually by the Purple Club of Scranton. Since its founding in 1933, the Purple Club has provided special financial support to deserving and qualified students.

Standing, from left: Ed Karpovich, vice president; Crystal Ondrick, U of S financial aid; Joe DeAntona, Deborah Perry, secretary/treasurer, and Caelin Docalovich, scholarship winner, accepting check from Patrick O’Malley, president.

Seated in front row: Hannah Gaul,  Katrina Coviello and Kathleen Healey, scholarship winners.

Area youth ballroom dancers take home top titles

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Pink Flamingo dancers include, from left: Elizabeth Newton, Dickson City; Anna Gabello, Dunmore; Nora Flannery, Scranton; Colleen Blockberger, Dunmore; and Cecelia and Caroline Kennedy, Scranton.

The Pink Flamingos competition team of Ballroom ONE Dance Company is taking kids ballroom dancing to a new level in NEPA.

The Pink Flamingos team consists of six dancers ages 10-12 that train in Ballroom, Latin and Swing Dance at Ballroom ONE Dance Company in Scranton  under the direction of Mrs. Shauna Turlip.

The Pink Flamingos recently competed at the Talent Olympics dance competition on Dec. 3, 2016.

They were awarded first place for their Mambo dance in the Ethnic category; first place Swing dancing in the Novelty also received a special judges award for “great partnering skills” and the Professionalism award.

The Pink Flamingos are fairly new to the competitive world of dance, having only began competing in 2015.

Last season the team competed in the 2015 Talent Olympics winning first place with their Charleston dance, first place with a Swing Dance and receiving the Best Costume award.

They also competed at the 2015 Dancers Inc Regional Dance Competition where the Pink Flamingos received first place with their Charleston dance; first place with a Swing dance; third overall and fFirst overall in their division

Shortly after their venture in the competitive dancing field began The Pink Flamingos and Mrs. Turlip were approached by a casting agency to audition for a new Reality TV show “Ballroom Coaches and Kids”

The pilot, featuring the Pink Flamingos and Mrs. Turlip along with a few other child ballroom dancers and their instructor,  is currently in the editing process and being pitched to television networks.

 

Calendar of Events: January 2017

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Lions Club Snowflake Gala

Eynon Archbald Lions Club will host its sixth annual Snowflake Gala to benefit Leader Dog for the Blind on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, at Fiorelli’s. Tickets are $75 per person. There will be live entertainment by The Luongo Brothers.

For information call Linda Kline (570)430-8432 or Kathy Pezak (973)919-6592

Lackawanna Land Bank Presentation

The Lackawanna County Land Bank will host a community outreach presentation on Tuesday, January 10, at 6 p.m. in the community room at the Goodwill at North Gerald T. Langan Apartments, 1539 North Main Ave., Scranton.

The presentation will outline the Lackawanna County Land Bank’s history, mission and discuss blight in neighborhoods. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

The primary mission of the Lackawanna County Land Bank is to acquire tax delinquent and abandoned properties and sell them to responsible and capable owners through a negotiated sale process. This eliminates a community liability and transfers these otherwise undesirable properties to new, responsible owners in a transparent and equitable fashion.

In addition, the land bank side lot disposition program should be very effective in the conveyance of vacant parcels to responsible neighbors.

For more information about the Lackawanna County Land Bank and the upcoming program, please call Ralph Pappas at 570-963-6830, extension 1358, or email him at pappasr@lackawannacounty.org

Winter Retreats

Pocono Mountain Bible Conference, PMBC, releases winter and spring retreats which are open to the public.

PMBC Winter Intermediate Retreat,  Jan. 6-8, 3 p.m., ages 10-12 years, at $65 per child; PMBC Winter Junior Retreat, Jan. 20, 7 p.m., Jan. 22, 3 p.m., ages 7-9, at $65 per child;  PMBC Winter Youth Retreat, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. and Feb. 12, 3 p.m., ages 13-17, at $65 per child; Annual PMBC Marriage Retreat, March 3, 4 p.m., and March 5, 2 p.m., private rooms to all guests, at $175 per couple; PMBC Men’s Retreat: A Man and His Work, March 31, 5 p.m., and April 2, 1 p.m., by donation.

PMBC is a Bible based camp in the heart of the Pocono mountains that hosts children in the summer months and retreats fall through spring. PMBC is open to all children, ages 8-18, reagrdless of race, sex and religious affiliation. Scholarships are available.

Registration, information on the camp and directions to the camp can be found online  or on Facebook. PMBC can also be found on Twitter and Instagram.

Phone calls can be directed to Camp Director Matt Macking (570) 328-1648.