Category Archives: May 2017

Lackawanna College Police Academy Recognized by Commissioners

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The Lackawanna County Commissioners and members of the Judiciary and law enforcement recognize the Lackawanna College Police Academy on its 40th anniversary.  Certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in April 1977, the academy was the first and only private college in Northeastern Pennsylvania to provide Act 120 training.

Its alumni serve police departments all across Pennsylvania in a variety of capacities and are also active in state and federal agencies, as well.

Shown from left are: Commissioner Laureen A. Cummings, Commissioner Patrick M. O’Malley, Atty. Maryann Grippo, Director of Academy Operations at Lackawanna College; Lackawanna County Judge Thomas Munley, and Archbald Police Chief and academy instructor Timothy Trently.        

 

Marywood to Offer Guitar Course this Fall

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LX1EMarywood University’s music, theatre, and dance department will offer a new applied guitar course during the fall 2017 semester. The course will teach the guitarist how to improvise solos in the classic style of the great Blues-Rock musicians revered by so many. The course is open to any and all majors.

Robbie Walsh, instructor with the music theatre, and dance department at Marywood University, will teach the applied guitar course. Mr. Walsh is most notably known as the lead guitarist in Chubby Checker’s Band and for playing with Noel Redding, the bassist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mr. Walsh has also played with Ginger Baker (ex-Cream), Tico Torres (Bon Jovi), and was a guest of Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson during his 2003 solo tour. He has also played on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Fridays Live and Entertainment Tonight (all with Chubby Checker).

Students interested in creating “those solos,” for which the great Blues-Rock musicians are known, will have the opportunity to learn how to approach melody from the standpoint of not just the scale, but from a chordal perspective on top of the scale(s). Students will also see the chord progression as that which indicates what the melodic possibilities are.

For additional information on the applied guitar course at Marywood University, please visit www.marywood.edu/mtd/faculty/, or call (570) 348-6268.

 

County Commissioners to Host Annual Bike Safety Fair

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Cyclist-Awareness-Sign-from-BicycleSigns1-203x300With Winter finally over, the nice weather has ushered in bike season.  

It is vitally important for: bicycles to be in tip-top shape; children to have the proper equipment; and drivers and youth to know the rules of biking and the road.

On Saturday, May 13, the Lackawanna County Commissioners Patrick M. O’Malley, Jerry Notarianni and Laureen A. Cummings are hosting the fifth annual bike safety fair and helmet giveaway at McDade Park, Scranton, from 10 AM to Noon.  

Three hundred helmets will be given away free-of-charge to the youngsters who attend.   Bike safety talks will be done by local police officials.  A bike rodeo is also planned to help the youngsters learn how to navigate in all kinds of weather and terrain.  

PNC Bank is the presenting sponsor.  Other sponsors are: Strive Multisport, Gerrity’s Supermarkets and the Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders.   

The County is coordinating a helmet design competition once again.  Youngsters can go to the County’s website. print-off a blank helmet and then let their imaginations run wild.  Helmet design sheets are also available at Gerrity’s Supermarkets, Strive Multisport on Cedar Avenue, Scranton, and the Railriders offices.    

The designs will be judged and one boy and girl will win a bike, provided by Strive.  A drawing for another bike will be conducted the day of the fair.

The coloring competition is open to all public school districts and private schools throughout Lackawanna County along with the general public.

All entries must be submitted by Wednesday, May 10.  They should be mailed to the Lackawanna County Commissioners Office, 200 Adams Avenue, Sixth Floor, Scranton, PA 18503.

In order to receive a helmet at the fair, the youngsters will be required to attend a brief bike safety talk.  When the presentation is complete, the children will be able to pick-up a helmet.

There will be several fun activities, child finger printing by the District Attorney’s Office, face painting and giveaways. Hot dogs will be served, compliments of Gerrity’s Supermarkets.

For further information, contact Fran Pantuso, Community Outreach Manager, at 570-963-6750 or pantusof@lackawannacounty.org.