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Healthy Families/Happy Families at the YMCA

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The Greater Scranton YMCA is proud to announce it will again be offering the Healthy Families/Happy Families Program free of charge to Lackawanna County residents this year.

Healthy Families/Happy Families is a 10-week program designed to engage youth and families in a journey of wellness through positive role models, proper nutrition and a healthy balance of fitness, fun and family. The program helps families to develop healthy habits for daily living, spend quality time together and have fun while discovering new ways to be healthy and active. The program will be held at the Y on at 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays, beginning Nov. 7, and ending Jan. 16.

The Healthy Families/Happy Families is made possible thanks to a three-year grant commitment from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Heath Care Foundation.

For information on the program and to register, as space is still available, interested families can contact Paula Scotchlas, Communtiy Outreach Director, at pscotchlas@greaterscrantonymca.org or call (570) 342-8115 ext. 232. More information can also be found at www.greaterscrantonymca.org.

Dunmore Seniors Activity Hub

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By Steve Svetovich

The Dunmore Activity Hub for Seniors, located at 1414 Monroe Avenue in Dunmore, is busy as ever.

A Chicken and Biscuit Dinner was held Thursday, Oct. 29. There were numerous homemade sides included, and bottled water, hot coffee and hot tea was served. There was also a raffle with a Christmas gift basket, a baby quilt and various gift certificates as the prizes.

The Dunmore Activity Hub presented Barrymore’s Ghost as part of its Celebration of Life Series at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The event cost was only $5 for senior members and $8 for non-members, and that price included homemade a soup and sandwich.

Barrymore’s Ghost, written by Jason Miller, is a dramatic reading featuring Robert Thomas as John Barrymore. The play is a one-man-show that spotlights the life of legendary actor John Barrymore in a unique theatrical manner. Barrymore is presented as a ghost, haunting an unknown theatre. Those in attendance watched a mythological character explore the truths and deceptions of his extraordinary life.

Jeanne K. Hugenbruch, executive director of the Dunmore Activity Hub for Seniors, is looking forward to the upcoming events that are scheduled.

“Welcome to fall,” Hugenbruch said. “A lot is happening and coming up. We hope everyone is enjoying the fall weather and joins us for coming programs and activities at the Hub.”

Other events that were hosted last month included a free screening of the video documentary Cyber-Seniors and a demonstration of low impact exercises by representatives from Traditional Home Health.

Hugenbruch said pinochle is now played by the seniors at the Hub every Wednesday after lunch. A Chorus and Comedy Troupe has also been formed at the Hub.

An Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast was held Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Applebee’s located at 74 Viewmont Mall in Scranton, to support the Dunmore Activity Hub for Seniors.

Other activities at the Hub include bingo, volunteer time, sketching, ballroom dancing, oil painting, Wii brain academy, bowling, Stretchin’ with Gretchen, chair exercise, blood pressure screenings, crafts, big bingo, bible study group, speakers, yoga and bingo and a Danish.

Shirley Martinelli is reservationist at the Dunmore Activity Hub and Cafe. Lottie Collins is site council president. Carol Angerson is lead volunteer. Tracy Borgna is kitchen coordinator.

Lou Pacciotti is president of the Board of Directors. Todd LaBelle is first vice president. Atty. Brenda Colbert, Esquire, is second vice president. Joe Loftus is treasurer. Gerry Skettino is secretary. Tom Jimmie is past president.

Other members of the Board of Directors include Jeanne Phillips, Paula Scotchlas, Dr. Alice McDonnell, Santo Cancelleri, Joseph Trotta, John A. Bouselli, Alison Boga, Al Lawrence and Atty. Brian Cali, Esquire. Louis DeNaples is an honorary member. Hugenbruch is also a member of the Board.

For more information on the Dunmore Activity Hub for Seniors and its programs, please call (570)207-2662. You can also contact through fax at (570)207-2640 or through email at dunmoreseniorcenter@yahoo.com.

Annual Dunmore Cemetery Tour

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The Dearly Departed Players will present the annual Dunmore Cemetery Tour on October 4 and 11 at 2 p.m.

The 2015 Dunmore Cemetery tour will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 11.  Tours will begin at the cemetery gate, located at 400 Church Street in Dunmore at 2 p.m. The tour this year will take approximately two hours, and comfortable walking shoes are suggested for audience participants. The event is free to the public.

This year’s tour is entitled “Criminal Intent.”  The Dearly Departed Players will present twenty costumed stops throughout the cemetery—each one dealing in some way with crime.

Julie Esty, the Historian/Artistic Director for the Dunmore Cemetery Tour, said that the group is covering many a topic including murder, national and local terrorism, prohibition, prostitution, political corruption, con artists, shoplifting, gambling and domestic abuse.

“Those are some very weighty subjects,” said Esty, “ but the [Departed] Players do manage to get some good laughs in to lighten things up.”

Students from Act Out Theater and the University of Scranton theater groups, the Ezra Griffin Camp and Sons of Union Veterans will also be present at the event. William L. Courtright, mayor of Scranton, will be issuing a proclamation in honor of a long ago Scranton Chief of Police.

Additionally, Kuhn’s Classic Memories from Williamsport, Pennsylvania will be in the cemetery with a Victorian hearse, undertakers, and horses on both Sundays.

The Dunmore Cemetery Tour was voted the Best History Centered Event for 2014 by Happenings Magazine readers and now draws in well over 1,500 tour attendees from all over the East Coast.

“It’s such a joy to see so many people coming from so many different places,” said Esty, “and they come back year after year.”

The tour is presented by the Dearly Departed Players, who have been voluntarily performing together for many years, and they will perform under Etsy’s direction. Among their ranks are historical interpreters, local history authors, musicians, dancers and theater technicians.

Attendees are advised to arrive early to view exhibits. More information can be found on Facebook under the page entitled: “The Dunmore Cemetery Tour.”