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Upper Bucks Free Press July 2013

Whats Going On in Upper Bucks?

July 4 Independence Day! 33rd Community Day/Car Show, Quakertown Memorial Park, 600 Mill St. (r/d 7/6), entertainment, games, baseball, firemen water battles, food, fireworks & more. 215-536-5297 Fonthill Castle Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration, family fun, picnic food, music, contests, etc. Decorated bike parade reserve $10/space, bring own table. Christs Lutheran parking lot (r/s), One Luther Lane, Trumbauersville. Regis. 215-536-3193 or christelca@verizon.net 3-D Kids Fun Shoot 8am-4pm for ages 8-16 at Clover Leaf Archery Club, (all levels of expertise), 2080 Umbreit Rd, Milford Square, 610-308-8279, www.cloverleafarchery.com 9:30pm, free general admission, details at bar62@verizon.net, doylestownrotary.org Brews for Books Craft Beer Fest, 5pm 8pm, Indian Valley Public Library, 100 E. Church Ave., Telford 18969. $35 in advance, $40 at the door, VIP Tickets $60 includes special 4pm session. Food, Music, Friends. Call 215-723-9109 or email info@brewsforbooks.org for tickets and info. www.brewsforbooks.org Proceeds benefit the Library. AAOTEs Night of Fire celebrates fire through live demos (glass, casting, pottery, etc), food, music, wine tasting, fun for all. Free admission, 5pm-10pm at 174 S Main St, Dublin. 267-337-1817, www.aaote.com Dash & Dip 5K Run/Walk & 1-Mile Family Fun Run in Quakertown Borough. Use of Qtwn Pool after race. Email:prideofquakertown@yahoo.com or call 215-538-4469 1st Annual Coopersburg BoroWide Yard Sale 8am-12noon. Visit: www.RevitalizeCoopersburg.org July 22 Beach Party Dinner Dance at Pennridge Commun Ctr, 146 E Main St, Perkasie, reserve buffet at 215-453-7027 Co, 8am-12noon, 850 Old Bethlehem Rd, Quakertown. $6/adult, $4/age 4-7, free under 4, haycockfire.org or 215-536-2224 Community Outreach Benefit 1pm7pm, St Johns UCC, 538 E Thomas St, Coopersburg. Entertainment, auction, food, kids games, cake sale, Mega Raffle ($10,000), tkts: 610-348-7056, lurf812@ yahoo.com August 2, 9, 16, & 23 Drive-In Movies at Dusk, Christ Lutheran, One Luther Lane, Trumbauersville, (8/2 Wreck-It-Ralph) (8/9 Life of Pi) (8/16 Hotel Transylvania) (8/23 Oz The Great & Powerful), Free pot-luck meal at 6:30pm on 8/2. 215-536-3193 August 4 4th Annual 4UDREW Benefit Car Show/ Festival, (r/d Aug 11), Free admission, Doylestown Central Park, 425 Wells Rd, more details at 267-218-2866, info@4udrew.org August 7, 14, 21, 28 Brown Bag-It With The Arts: Free weekly performing art series on lawn of Bucks Co Courthouse, 55 East Court St, Doylestown, 12noon-1pm, info at brad@centralbuckschamber.com

begins 12:30pm, Doylestown, info at fhmail@fonthillmuseum.org July 5, 12, 19, & 26 Drive-in Movies at Dusk, Christs Lutheran, One Luther Lane, Trumbauersville: (7/5 Ice Age: Continental Drift) (7/12 Forever Strong) (7/19 Madagascar 3) (7/26 War Horse), 215-536-3193 July 7 Pennridge Community Day (r/d July 14), begins 12noon at Sellersville monument, Lenape Park. Picnic, food, free games, fireworks at dusk. List of activities at pennridgecommunityday.org Summer Wildflowers, 2pm, $3/person, (reserv. requested), Info: 215-357-4005, churchvillenaturecenter.org July 8 Adoptive Family Play Group @ Pearl S. Buck Intl, 520 Dublin Rd, Perkasie. FREE to attend, 10am-12noon, open to all adoptive families, 215-249-0100, pearlsbuck.org July 10, 17, 24, 31 Brown Bag-It With The Arts: Free weekly performing art series on lawn of Bucks Co Courthouse, 55 East Court St, Doylestown, 12noon-1pm, info at brad@ centralbuckschamber.com July 13 T-ville Community Flea Mkt, 8am-2pm,

Butterfly Garden Weeding at Nockamixon Park 7am-9am. Volunteers needed to help out regular volunteers to prepare for butterflies. Call Park Office for details at 215-529-7300 July 13 & 14 64th Tinicum Arts Festival (Sat 10am6pm) (Sun 11am-5pm), County Park, 963 River Rd, Erwinna, 610-294-9420, TinicumArtsFestival.org July 15 Free Community Dinner 5:30pm-6:30pm at Presbyterian Church of Deep Run, 16 Irish Meetinghouse Rd, Perkasie. Call 215-249-3689 before 3pm w/questions or transportation needs. UBYMCA Blood Drive 8am-12noon, 401 Fairview Ave, Quakertown July 19 to 21 40 Art Exhibition, Bucks Co original small works (5x7) exhibited anonymously, all sell for $40 each. FREE event, 323 S Main St, Doylestown. Hours/details at 215-345-0980, phoenixartstuff.com July 20 1st Annual UBACE Chicken BBQ, 2pm6pm at Perkasie Owls Club, 602 Elm Ave, Perkasie. $15/person, raffles, door prizes, live entertainment, ticket info at boardmembers@ubace.org Doylestown at Dusk Car Show, live entertainment begins 5pm, awards begin July 23 3rd Anniversary of Bedminster NarAnon Family Group, 6:30pm free dinner, 7:30pm speaker (open meeting), Deep Run West Mennonite, 1008 Deep Run Rd, Perkasie (Bedminster Twp) Quakertown Neighborhood Assoc. monthly meeting, 7:30pm in Conference Rm of Off Broad St. Music Studio Annex, 334 W. Broad St. Open to the community! Quakertownna@gmail.com July 28 Parents Day! All-U-Can-Eat Breakfast at Haycock Fire August 10 Mothers Market 8am-2pm at Trumbauersville Fire Co, 215-536-2518 or 215-536-1998 August 12 Adoptive Family Play Group @ Pearl S. Buck Intl, 520 Dublin Rd, Perkasie. FREE to attend, 10am-12noon, open to all adoptive families, 215-249-0100, pearlsbuck.org Central Bucks Chambers Annual Golf Outing benefits Bucks Fever Program, more info at brad@central buckschamber.com

QNB Bank Honors Loyal Employees

On Wednesday June 12, QNB Bank held its annual Employee Appreciation Night at Revolutions in Bethlehem. During the evening, employees were treated to an excellent meal, free play in the arcade and bowling. At the annual appreciation night, employees are honored for their years of service. Receiving awards from Dave Freeman, QNB President and CEO were: 10 Years Natalie Smith, Senior FSR; Tiffany Pompei, AVP, Branch Manager; 15 Years - Carol Ann Hill, Finance Department Rep.; Holly Schwer, Loan Administrator; 25 Years Linda Dunn, AVP, Branch Manager; Linda Kent, Assistant Branch Manager; Jean Scholl, AVP, Sr. Financial Analyst; Thomas Klee, VP, Commercial Loan Officer; Cam Wentzel, Retail Loan Underwriter; 40 Years Lynn Geesaman, AVP Loan Services Officer.

Lynn Geesaman, AVP Loan Services Officer, has been with QNB for 40 years.

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Legion Riders Pay Visit to Honor Veterans at Hidden Meadows

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Sellersville American Legion riders from Nase-Kroff Post 255 paid a motorcade visit to veterans residing at Hidden Meadows Senior facility. Pictured front row (left to right) are veterans: Peter Angelini, Howard Moyer, Sam Lyons, Bob Wiedermoyer, Donovan Hall, and Lincoln Groff (standing). Center row - Nancy Picton. Back row - members of the Legion Riders motorcade. below: Nancy Picton of the Sellersville American Legion Post 255 presents veteran members of Hidden Meadows Senior facility with certificates of appreciation during a ceremonial visit on Armed Forces Day. Pictured (left to right) are: Peter Angelini, Howard Moyer, Sam Lyons, Bob Wiedermoyher, and Donovan Hall. photos by mary caruso

Univest Corporation awarded Quakertown Music Promoters Organization (QMPO) $1,000 as the winner of the Caring for Kids Facebook contest. As part of itsCommitted to Local philanthropic giving program, Univest hosts a contest four times each year through its Facebook page in which it asks community members to nominate local nonprofits that deserve financial assistance. QMPO also earned the $1,000 prize in this years first contest, the Caring for the Arts Giveaway. Through the Caring for Kids Giveaway, Univest asked the community to vote for a nonprofit organization that provides summer enrichment programs for local youth. QMPO, which provides free summer band, choir and leadership camps, was selected as the winner after receiving the most posts on its behalf.

QMPO Scores $1000 in Banks Facebook Contest

We are thrilled to have again won Univests Facebook contest. It is a testament to the dedication of our students, parents and community members that we received the most votes, said Karen Quinn on behalf of the QMPO executive board. With funding being cut, it is more important now than ever to raise additional funds for music education programs. Thank you to Univest for the donation. Univest is happy to present QMPO with the $1,000 prize, said Annette Szygiel, executive vice president and chief experience officer, Univest Corporation. Arts and education are two of the areas in which we focus our giving, so supporting QMPO is a great fit. The groups enthusiasm and dedication to their cause is proven with their back to back contest wins.

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Upper Bucks Free Press July 2013

Be Aware of Changes in Medicare Deductible

There is a movement in Congress to look at ways to financially strengthen Medicare. Medicare runs perpetual deficits and there is an urgent need to find ways to stem the flow of the shortfalls. More money goes out the back door than comes through the front door and action is needed. Of course, as they usually do, Congress has waited until the shortfalls have hit crisis levels even though in a general sense they had the data years ago showing the current frightening trends. One of the ways being discussed to fix the problem is to institute an across-the-board yearly combination deductible (the amount of $500 is the target a new combination Part A and Part B deductible). They are talking about this deductible with the stipulation that a Medicare supplement would not be able to cover it, and it would be an absolute out-of pocket expense. They call it cost sharing. Our website (www.SRinsurancesolutions. com) has a 5- minute video explaining how this deductible would work. Look for link on our home page entitled Medicare Deductible Changes. It is a whiteboard videopretty nifty technologythat explains in a simple fast paced way why there are other ways to strengthen Medicare other than on the backs of Medicare beneficiaries. This is a very important topic and I hope you take the time to view the video. At the end of the video is an opportunity to sign a petition that will be sent directly to your Congressional Representatives protesting this possible change. The petition asks for your email address and your ZIP Code and everything else happens automatically. It couldnt be easier! The video was produced by our friends at the National Association of Medicare Supplement Advisors. Have you done any Long-Term Care planning? I often ask my clients this very question. Long Term Care is a generic expression that is synonymous with convalescent care or custodial care. It is non-medical care needed for the activities of daily living such as dressing, bathing, food preparation, walking, etc. When one is receiving convalescent care, Medicare continues to pay for all medical care. Medicare (and a Supplement) does offer coverage for 100 days (per occurrence) of room and board in a convalescent care facility; however, Medicare does not provide coverage for convalescent care at home! A change in health that demands convalescent care can be very, very expensive. Paying for this care out-of-pocket can severely impact ones retirement savings and in turn have unexpected ripple effects through the family. Financial stress during these times make a tough situation much worse. Buying Long-Term Care Insurance is one way to make sure that you have coverage for extended facility care as well as good coverage for home care. However, Long-Term Care Insurance is very expensive and it has stringent health requirements to buy it. In my insurance practice, I have decided to offer a very good alternative known simply as Short Term Care Insurance. STC Insurance will pay for one year in a facility or one year of home care. It is much less expensive than Long-Term Care Insurance with less stringent health requirements. Granted, the coverage is limited to one year, but considering the high cost of convalescent care, one year can save you a lot of money, as well as a lot of stress and aggravation. Feel free to call my office with questions at 267-923-5281 or SRinsurancesolutions.com.

Ongoing Community Activities and Resources

All Veterans invited to join Forrest Lodge VFW, 2118 Old Bethlehem Pike, Sellersville. Call Frank 215-679-7770 Community Hymn Sing, 6pm, first Sunday every month, Saucon Mennonite Church, 6639 N. Main St, Coopersburg, All invited, refreshments provided, 610-282-0514 Miller-Keystone Blood Center Mobile comes to Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Quakertown, call 800-223-6667 for days and times. Empires of the Jungle Exhibit runs through Sept 8, Museum of Indian Culture, 2825 Fish Hatchery Rd, Allentown. Hours: TuesSun 10am-4pm, info 610-797-2121, www. museumofindianculture.org Perkasie Farmers Market every Saturday 9am12noon through mid-October, 7th & Market Sts in Perkasie, all kinds of vendors, info at perkasieoldetown.org Perkasie Carousel Schedule- July 7(r/d July 14) & 28, Aug 18, Sept 8, Oct 6, Dec 7, perkasiehistory.org PetSmart Adoption Day is 2nd Saturday each month, 11am-3pm, PetSmart, 620 N.West Blvd, Quakertown, 215-538-2843 or lastchanceranch.org/ Meet the Dogs (1st & 3rd Sat. Now to Nov. 12noon-3pm) Last Chance Ranch Volunteer Orientation, 1st Saturday each month, 10am-11am in front of Horse Barn, 9 Beck Rd, Quakertown, 215-538-2510 lastchanceranch.org Singles Connection for adults meets Thursdays for social evening, 7pm at Silverdale Brethren in Christ Church, 165 W. Main St, Silverdale. 215-723-3415,email carolonline1@verizon.net Saturday morning Bird Walks 8am-10am, 215345-7860 or peacevalleynaturecenter.org ESL (English as a Second Language), Thursdays 4:30pm-6:30pm, free community program at Morningstar Fellowship, 429 South 9th St, Quakertown, contact Diane deblodgett@verizon.net or Alaina at awert@qcsd.org 1-267-269-2777 bilingual Alzheimers Assoc. Support Group, 3:30pm5:00pm, meets 2nd Thursday every month, Phoebe Richland Health Care Ctr, 108 S. Main St, Richlandtown. Free, more info: Social Services 267-371-4517 NOVA (Network Of Victim Assistance) Support Groups, Information, Guidance, NOVA hotline 1-800-675-6900. www. NOVABucks.org Tourette Syndrome Support Group for adults over 21, 7pm-8:30pm, meets 2nd Thursday every month, Doylestown Hospital, contact Susan 215-527-7229 or susangottshall@gmail. com Gamblers Anonymous meets every Saturday 11am-1pm, St. Lukes Hosp. Education Ctr, Rm 111, Ostrum St, Bethlehem, 215-872-5635 Overeaters Anonymous meets every Thursday 10am-11am, West Swamp Mennonite Church, 2501 Allentown Rd, Quakertown, No dues, free babysitting. www.oa.org or Bob 610-762-3779 Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Sunday at 7pm, Grand View Hosp. info at 215-453-4699 Bedminster Nar-Anon meets Tuesdays 7:30pm, Deep Run West Mennonite, 1008 Deep Run Rd, Perkasie, for family/friends of those struggling w/addiction, bedminster.naranon@yahoo.com A Womans Place (support for domestic abuse/ violence) 24-hour Hotline 1-800-220-8116, www.awomansplace.org Kiwanis meetings 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month, 12:30pm at Dominicks Pizza, Quakertown Quakertown Rotary Club meets (1st & 3rd Tues 7:30am at Johns Plain & Fancy Restaurant) (2nd, 4th, & 5th Tues 6pm at Spinnerstown Hotel)

Community Meals

Free Community Dinner third Wed. of month. 5:30pm-6:30pm, Christ Community Bible Church, 1830 N. Ridge Rd, Perkasie, 215-257-7318 Free Community Meals 6pm at Richland Friends Quaker Meeting on second, fourth & fifth Weds. every month. Mill Rd & Main St off Route 309, Qtwn, 215-536-0395 Community Meal-every third Thursday of the month, 5:30pm-6:30pm, First UCC, 4th & Park, Qtwn, 215-536-4447 Free Community Dinner third Mon. of month, 5:30pm-6:30pm, Presbyterian Church of Deep Run, 16 Irish Meetinghouse Rd, Perkasie, 215-249-3689. Call before 3pm w/questions of transportation needs

Support Groups & Medical Resources

Sisters U Monthly Meetings 7pm-9pm the third Thurs every month at Down to Earth Caf, 1141 N 5th St, Perkasie, info: stef@ sistersu.com Brain Injury Family/Spousal/Partner Support Group 6pm-8pm the third Monday every month at First UCC, Church Parlor, 4th & Park Ave, Quakertown, 215-538-3488 or 610-558-1326 Bikers Against Child Abuse of Bucks County meets 11am the second Sunday every month at Hilltown German Sportsmens Club, 1622 Hilltown Pike, Hilltown. For info, email: Teaseofbaca@aol.com Caregiver Support Group meetings last Thurs. of every month, Independence Court of Quakertown, 1660 Park Ave, (meal provided). RSVP: 215-541-9030 to attend a meeting. Upper Bucks Clinic, free medical care Mon & Wed 5:30pm-8:30pm to uninsured low-income residents of Upper Bucks Co w/no medical insurance & meet income eligibility guidelines. Info: 215-538-4774 Outreach Care, (supports Quakertown people in need of temp. housing and resources), find out more at 215-804-5869 or qtownoutreachcare@gmail.com

Bingo

Bingo at Richland Twp Fire & Rescue every Tues. doors open 5:30pm, 64 Shelly Rd, Qtwn. 215-536-7226 Bingo at Great Swamp Fish & Game every Sat. night, open 4pm, games 6:30pm, kitchen open. Free coffee, 2650 Schukraft & Camp Rock Hill Rd, Qtwn, 215-536-8820 Bingo at Plumsteadville Fire Co. every Monday, opens 5:30pm, games 6:30pm (refreshments avail.) 5064 Stump Rd, 215-766-8250 Bingo at Sellersville Fire Co. every Thurs. (except July) opens 5:30pm, 2 N. Main St, 215-257-4028 Bingo at Tylersport Fire Co. every Tues. opens 5pm, games 6:40pm, 125 Ridge Rd, 215-257-5900

Senior Center Action

Upper Bucks Senior Center 2183 Milford Sq. Pike, Qtwn 215-536-3066 www.upperbuckssac.com MMahjong Fri. 12:30pm $1 Game Day Tues. 12:30pm $1 Line Dancing Tues. & Fri. 10am $3 Yoga Fri. 9am $3/class Pinochle Fri. 12:30pm Bingo Thurs. 12:15pm Bridge Mon. 11:00am

Country Line Dancing - Wed 7-8pm $5 Beginners Computer Tues 7pm-8pm $30/month for age 55+

Pennridge Community Center 146 E. Main St, Perkasie 215-453-7027, pennridgecenter.org Day activities include: ceramics, billiards, aerobics, line dancing, card games, arts, chess, Wii bowling, tai chi, Zumba, mahjong. Contact ctr for times & days. Evening activities: Billiards Tues/Wed/Thurs 6:30pm-8pm $3/non-members Tai Chi Tues (8-wks) 7pm-8:30pm $ Zumba Thurs (6-wks) 6pm-7pm $5

Eastern Upper Bucks Senior Center, 8040 Easton Rd, Ottsville Line Dancing Mon. 10:30am Chair Yoga Tues. 10am Advanced Tai Chi Wed. 10:30am-11:30am Beginner Tai Chi Wed. 11:30am-12noon Weight Loss Group Thurs. 10:30am Generations of Indian Valley 259 N Second St, Souderton 215-723-5841 www.generationsofiv.org Flexercise Mon/Fri 9am - $2 Tai Chi Mon/Fri 10:30am - $3/class Low & Go Tues/Thurs 8:15am - $2 Yoga Tues/Thurs 10am - $3/class Step Interval Wed 9am - $3 Sit/Flex/Stretch Tues/Thurs 9am - $2 Line Dancing Fri 1pm - $2

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Fitzpatrick Highlights Small Business to Upper Bucks Chamber

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) wrapped up National Small Business Week on June 21 by addressing the Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce about the importance of small businesses to the local and national economy. This year marks the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week, but the reality of it is that EVERY week is small business week, stated Fitzpatrick in his remarks. Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy- and have been for much longer than 50 years. Over half of Americans own or are employed by a small business; there are 29.6 MILLION small businesses across the nation; and each year small businesses create seven out of every 10 new American jobs. The Congressman was very well informed and always gives a balanced approach so you know where hes coming from on the issues, said Mike Orzel, owner of Quaker Cleaners Laundry in Quakertown. I enjoyed the way he answered the questions and cared about the issues facing local businesses. The State of the Nation speech- held at the historic Red Lion Inn- covered topics ranging from the national debt, to the effects of uncertainty on small business growth. The key to prosperity is certainty. Certainty gives businesses the ability to plan, budget and grow, said Fitzpatrick. By finding bipartisan ways to address our spending problem and working to cut down the uncertainty stemming from our national debt, our economy can begin to truly recover through small business growth and job creation. Following the Congressmans address, he fielded questions from the assembled group of local business leaders, including on the topic of energy independence and its impact on business and manufacturing. I believe we can be North American energy independent within the next decade by putting forward policies that prioritize the economic benefits for our business owners and employees, answered Fitzpatrick. By pursuing an all of the above energy plan, we are poised to affordably power our businesses and manufacturers into a second American century.

Cheryl Morris was recently named Vice President/Credit Department Manager at QNB Bank. She will be responsible for QNBs Credit Administration, including credit risk management, underwriting and policy development as well as managing the Credit, Loan Documentation and Loan Servicing departments. Previously, Cheryl served as Senior Vice President/Credit Officer for National Penn Bank. Ms. Morris graduated from Central Bucks High School East (CBHS), and holds a BBA from William & Mary College. She also earned an MBA from Lehigh University, and graduated with honors from the American Bankers Association Commercial Lending Graduate School. Residing in Doylestown with her family, Cheryl is a member of the Central Bucks Sports Commission and the CBHS East Hall of Fame Committee. Ms. Morris also serves as Sunday School Superintendent and Elder at her church and as Director of Equipment and Apparel for a local soccer club.

Cheryl Morris joins QNB Bank

School is Out, but Learning Goes On(line)!

For many kids, summertime means days of fun in the sun, family road trips and visits from the ice cream truck. But many parents dont realize that summer can also mean learning loss. Studies have found that nearly all children lose knowledge over the summer. In fact, when children head back to school in the fall, they are one month behind academically. This loss adds up year after year, especially for students from low-income families who may not have access to summertime enrichment opportunities, like camp, tutoring, and regular trips to the library. This can significantly impact a childs success in school and in life over the long term. Overcoming Learning Loss One way families can overcome summer learning loss is to make sure they have in-home Internet access for their children. The Internet provides access to an infinite number of online resources for all ages and across all subjects. While it can be easy to slip out of the routine of learning when school is out, its possible to keep kids engaged over the summer with online educational games, research on topics of interest, downloadable programs to brush up on math and grammar, or simply by reading a book online. Unfortunately, about 30 percent of Americans, many of whom live below the poverty line, do not have Internet access in their homes. This is particularly concerning because children from low-income families have been found to have a steeper rate of learning loss over the summer, specifically in the area of reading. To help connect these families to the Internet, Comcast is offering a program it calls Internet Essentials. Closing The Digital Divide Described as the nations lar ge st, most comprehensive broadband adoption initiative, its designed to help close the digital divide between those who have Internet in their home and those who dont. The program provides families who have at least one child eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program with Internet for $9.95 a month; the option to buy a computer for less than $150; and access to digital literacy training. With a service such as this, students and families can connect to free, online educational tools over the summer, including some of these top suggestions from Parent ing.com: PBS Kids (pbskids.org)Find learning games associated with your favorite PBS Kids characters, including Clifford, Curious George, The Cat in the Hat and more. National Geographic Kids (kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids)Keep kids engaged with interactive and educational games, photos, video and information. FunBrain (www.funbrain.com)Math baseball and Mad Libs Junior for kids of all age levels. Spatulatta (www.spatulatta. com)Find kid-friendly cooking tips and recipes with lots of helpful videos. NGA Kids (www.nga.gov/kids/kids. htm)Explore art ad ven tures with help from the National Gallery of Art.

For many hundreds of years agriculture was the primary industry in what is now Upper Bucks County; not just for European settlers, but also for the Native Americans who lived here for millennia before them. One can still see many operating farms while traveling through Milford and Richland Townships, but their significance has faded from importance, as is true in many other regions of the state. The Lenni-Lenape, The True People, populated this area when Europeans first arrived. The Lenape are an ancient Native American tribe. They inhabited the area between the lower Hudson River Valley and the lower reaches of Delaware Bay for many centuries. They are considered the elders of all the mid-Atlantic tribes. The Lenape dialects, Unami and Munsee, are the root language of the entire Algonquin group. The Lenape were a sedentary tribe, living in camps or villages in wigwams built from wood, reeds and tree bark on high ground along creeks. They were primarily farmers who supplemented their diet by hunting and fishing. As game became scarce in the vicinity, they would periodically move their villages. The Great Swamp (Upper Bucks County) was considered one of the Lenapes best hunting grounds and one of their most fertile farming areas. The Lenape practiced the ancient, slash and burn technique of agriculture. Areas of forest and grass or brush were burned. Wet conditions in The Swamp prevented out of control wildfires when they cleared plots. The technique caused a surge of nutrients into the ground. Ash increased the amount of phosphorous and reduced the acidity of the soil. Swampy ground is usually high in organic matter but has a low pH, so the process made the already rich soil even better for crops. The Lenape grew mostly maize (corn) on small, cleared fields. They planted kidney beans among the rows of corn allowing the vines to climb the stalks. They also regularly planted other types of beans, squash and gourds. They collected various wild foods like onions and garlic, berries and blanched acorns to round out their diet. Welsh and English Quakers and German (Dutch) settlers began arriving in the Great Swamp prior to 1700. They followed the Perkiomen Valley then Swamp Creek (Unami), upstream looking for unclaimed land. They associated with the Lenape amicably, and the Natives taught them how to carve small farms from the marshy wilderness. By 1703, the area was already acclaimed for its rich farmland. When James Logan, William Penns personal secretary in Philadelphia, ordered the area surveyed and opened for property sales, he named it The Manor of Richlands. When the first property transfer in the area was recorded in 1705, Bucks County had already designated the region: the Township of Richlands. The number of farms and settlers in the Great Swamp at that time can only be guessed. There were two or more areas in which settlers accumulated. The first, and probably the

Agriculture in the Rich Lands

earliest, was in the area that is now Milford Township (know as The Dutch Township on early maps). The second is the area along what is now Old Bethlehem Pike extending to what is now Main Street in Quakertown. Soon there were enough crops being produced in The Swamp to support a grain mill. Previously, harvests were transported to mills at White Marsh, by the Quakers, and on the Perkiomen Creek by the Dutch. James McVaugh purchased 100 acres convenient for building a mill, in 1714. It was soon in service on Swamp Creek (Unami), near its juncture with tributary called Licking Creek. The precise location of the first grain mill in Richland (Milford and Richland separated in 1732) is not known. It was somewhere upstream from the old mill still found near Milford Square (probably near the intersection of Route 663 and Allentown Rd). Milford Square (Milford Center) was probably the first concentrated community in the Great Swamp, deriving its name from the fact there was a creek ford at the mill. After Milford Square, the area around what is now Quakertown became the focus of settlement, mostly by Quakers. Griffith Jones, a member of the Free Society of Traders and an early investor with William Penn claimed about 2000 acres east of Richland Manor. The western border of Jones (who became the fourth mayor of Philadelphia) property began at Main Street and extended east and south of the Manor. He sold acreage to other Friends who began migrating to The Swamp from Gwynedd, Abington and Byberry, settling on Griffith Jones Bog. Over the next 25 years Richland grew significantly. Swamp Road (Route 313) was built connecting the community to the county seat in Newtown. The road to Philadelphia (Old Bethlehem Pike) was improved, and a road to the Perkiomen Valley was completed. Richland and Milford became official Townships of Bucks County in 1732. By 1740, the population and agricultural production had increased enough to support more than one grain mill. Walter McCoole purchased property and quickly established a mill in the vicinity of California, where the Tohickon Creek crosses the Road to Durham (California Rd). Other notable settlements sprung up in the area during the German immigration of the 1730s and 40s. One was in the area of Rich Hill, and another on the east side of The Thicket (as the area between what is now 3rd Street and 7th Street, Park Avenue, and Mill Street in Quakertown was called). That community was named Richland Center. Charlestown (Trumbauersville), Spinnerstown and Richlandtown also became established. Richland and Milford remained primarily an agricultural region for at least another hundred years. As the Industrial Era progressed, industries such as cigar making, pottery and textiles eventually surpassed farming as the main businesses in Upper Bucks County. In 1855, the Borough of Quakertown was incorporated. In 1857, the railroad line to Bethlehem was completed through Richland Center. In 1874, the two communities merged. See other articles by Jack H. Schick on Searchwarp.com or Soulofwit.com.

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The Allen Foundation, through A&T Chevrolet-Subaru of Sellersville, awarded three $2,500 scholarships to seniors in the automotive cluster of study at the school, which includes course work in Auto Technology, Auto Collision or Diesel Technology. The students were selected as candidates for the scholarship based on their academic achievement

Bright Futures for Upper Bucks Technical School Graduates

and career plans. The final award was determined by personal interviews with Bruce and Dotty Allen. In its inaugural year, The Allen Foundation through A&T Chevrolet-Subaru Scholarship for Excellence in the Automotive Cluster Field is awarded to students attending a two-year technical school, community college or four year college/university.

Fathers Day just passed and I have many remembrances of Fathers Days with my Dad, from going to special auto race outings later on in life to what we did with my dad in our early years. Most kids in town and some from the country were interested in the recently organized youth baseball programs in town, including my buddy, Sam Kile, who played on the Connie Mack team. Sam wasnt as fortunate as we were as he didnt have a close relationship with his dad; but he had a wonderful mother who was able to run him into town for such sporting teams. My dad worked many evenings overtime and on Saturday mornings, so town sports were out of the question. I reflect back to this time and I think of how Pop would come home from work and after a brief nap would be ready to go for the evening. We would eat supper (as a family unit) and dad would tend to chores: putting out the wash line, working in the garden and setting up the schedule for us kids for the next day in the Truck Patch, or fixing a piece of equipment that needed repair. Instead of just going in and listening to radio or later on TV, if it was still light out, he would do something with us kids. Usually after working until noon on Saturday, Pop would come home eat lunch and take us kids fishing. Back then little was known about trout fishing. Our form of fishing was for bass and panfish over at the Unami Creek in Milford Square. Many of our neighbors would be there also. My dads favorite fishing hole was at the Potts farm south of town just over the humped one-lane bridge on Allentown Road. There was a bunch of rocks on the south bank just about 50 feet downstream from the bridge where a group of lily pads started. My dad would put on a worm or minnow on the hook and try to catch the large phantom Big Mouth Bass that lurked in the area. On one such trip he finally caught the bass of his dreams and after admiring his catch and showing it to us boys he let it slowly slip back into the stream to be caught another day. I would like so much to fish that same area today but unfortunately, it is posted No Fishing. I can only stand at the

Gone Fishin

to right) Bruce Allen,President,A&T Chevrolet-Subaru,Paul Cataldi, UBCTS Diesel Technology Student/Pennsylvania College of Technology,Justin Schroy, UBCTS Automotive Technology Student/UTI, Joseph Koch,Diesel Technology Student/Pennsylvania College of Technology, Dotty Allen submitted photo

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intersection of Allentown Road and Umbreit Road and gaze at those rocks and think back on those boyhood memories. While Pop was fishing for the Old Lunker, us boys would fish for sunfish. We would gather potato bugs off of the potato plants in our truck patch or knock down wasp nests from the neighbors chicken coups and use the wasp larvae and just have a ball catching the Sunnies all afternoon. My brother Bob and I would watch our floats or bobbers go travelling along, as the Sunnies would swim with the bait. We called them Kentucky Travelers. I dont know why or how we came to this, but we would shout to one another that the other should Pull! to set the hook on the Kentucky Traveler pulling the bobber along the water surface. Toward the end of the 1950s we discovered trout fishing and we would drive to Linford Walps farm outside of Springtown near the cement bridge on Route 212/412. This was a different kind of fishing from bass and sunny fishing and it took us a few years to catch on to using split shot and smaller hooks and keep the bait moving. Once we caught on to it we really enjoyed this new kind of fishing. Once again my dad would take us fishing instead of staying home and relaxing. The first day of the season was always on April 15. There was no starting time on that day and many of us diehards would be out at the stream before sunrise. Many times in the early season we would have to dip our rod tip in the water or rub it with your fingers to remove the ice that formed around your fish line. Our times fishing at Linfords, now the Wayne Heist farm, were quite memorable. I especially remember coming home and getting my stringer of fish from the trunk of the car and showing my mother the 15-inch rainbow trout I caught and she waved the letter showing me my Report for the Draft notice for May 1965. Luckily I came back home in 1967 during these war years to fish another day with my Pop and brother Bob. My brother Bob and I still carry on the tradition along with my wife and we always remember our Dad on that first day of trout season. I hope that this article will stir up the desire of todays dads to do the same and get the kids away from the computers and iPads and enjoy the outdoors so they too can have these wonderful memories!

Notes from American Legion Post 242

On June 11, Post 242 held election of officers for the period August 2013 through July 2014. There were over 40 members present for the balloting. The results of the election were as follows: Post Commander-Leo Finley, Sr. Vice Commander-Emma Whitney, and Jr. Vice Commander Mark G. Simonds. Norm Hillegass ran unopposed and will continue as Post Treasurer. We were very fortunate to have Isabel Giordano as our immediate past Post Commander. Commander Giordano was not only our first female Post Commander; she was also a much-appreciated leader in a time of changes involving the financial end of Post activities. She and Treasurer Norm Hillegass did a great job in researching and following up on new government regulations involving reporting. We are deeply grateful for all the hours she put into this project as well as other projects she undertook. Commander Isabel also attended many funerals of past mem-

bers and many Legion functions representing Post 242. June was a busy month for fundraisers including the Ride for the Veterans and the annual Veterans Drawing. The motorcyclists had a beautiful day for their functions and our parking lot was full of beautiful motorcycles. Please consider joining our recently formed Riders Group if you have a cycle and are eligible. Charley Wismer reported that we are over the breakeven point in raffle ticket sales and the drawing scheduled for June 29 should be fun. Once again, we encourage members to sell your tickets sent to you. This money is used for veterans needs. Members, we just cannot emphasize enough the importance of buying those tickets. Commander Giordano will be turning over the helm of our Post to Leo Finley. I mention this in that way, as both are Navy veterans. Enjoy the summer and please support your local American Legion Post.

State Sen. Bob Mensch (R-24) has been tapped to chair a bipartisan legislative panel created to identify and eliminate unnecessary government spending. The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee is made up of six senators and six representatives and is authorized to conduct a wide range of research evaluating the operation and performance of state-funded programs and agencies. Senator Mensch previously served as a member of the committee. The committee appoints an Executive Director responsible for the direction of the committee staff and activities. Recent LBFC reports include Impact of Slots Gaming on the Pennsylvania State Lottery, Pennsylvanias Continuing Education Program for Professional Educators, and Museum Funding in Pennsylvania. There have been few times in the 54-year history of the Legislative Budget and Finance

Mensch to Chair Legislative Budget & Finance Committee

Committee when the need to eliminate unnecessary spending has been greater, said Mensch. The bipartisan research conducted at the direction LBFC will help identify whats working in state government and whats not, with the goal of protecting taxpayers and stretching limited resources to meet essential needs in difficult times. Senator Mensch also chairs the Senate Aging and Youth Committee, and is Vice Chairman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee. He is a member of the Appropriations Committee, the Communications and Technology Committee, the Intergovernmental Operations Committee, and the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee. He co-chairs the Senate Economy, Business and Jobs Caucus and is a member of the Pennsylvania Alzheimers Disease Planning Committee.

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QNB Adds Members to Community Advisory Group

QNB recently added nine local businesspersons to its Community Advisory Group. The newest members are: Rose A. Hartle of Baum, Smith & Clemens, Lansdale; Reeves Miller of Prudential Keystone Real Estate, Lansdale; Frank Davey of John Evans Sons, Inc., Lansdale; Murtaza Jaffer of EBC Printing, Trexlertown; David Evans of Housing Association & Development Corp., Allentown; George Sweeney of Canon Capital, Souderton; Brian Webb of Webb Building Group, Warrington; Kevin Hartsoe of Neu Dynamics Corp., Ivyland; and Mike ONeil of ONeil Buick/GMC, Warminster. QNBs Community Advisory Group consists of 62 local business people representing a broad spectrum of industries from manufacturing to retail. Advisory Group members cover the banks entire market area including the eight sub-markets of Colmar, Lehigh Valley, Pennridge, Quakertown, Souderton, Southern Lehigh, Upper Perkiomen and Warminster. Current Advisors are: Bruce Campbell of Campbell Real Estate, Hellertown; Richard Adams of Dick Adams Realtors, Bethlehem; Tom Garrity of Compass Point, Bethlehem; Brian Rocca of Eastern Surfaces, Inc., Allentown; Gary Strausser of Strausser Enterprises, Easton; Scott Stevenson of Phoebe Ministries, Allentown; Richard Koze of Kay Builders, Allentown; William Quigley and Elayne Brick of Washington House/Sellersville Theater, Sellersville; William Baum of Baum Precision Machining Inc., Pipersville; Judy Happ of Buxmont Academy, Pipersville; Michael McVaugh of Laboratory Testing, Hatfield; Ronald Sawatsky of Rockhill Mennonite Community, Sellersville; Mark Horne of Grand View Hospital, Sellersville; James Walker, Esq. of Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, Perkasie; Daniel Soliday of Daniel Soliday CPA, Perkasie; Stephen Moyer, Esq. of Grim, Biehn & Thatcher, Perkasie; Douglas Hutchinson of Hutchinson, Gillahan & Freeh PC, Quakertown; Todd Baringer of The Baringer Group, Quakertown; Randy Bimes of Quakertown Veterinary Clinic, Quakertown; Patricia Edwards of Upper Bucks YMCA, Quakertown; Michael Cygan of Lewis Brothers, Quakertown; Daniel Kendra of Precision Solutions, Inc. Quakertown; Edwin Bolton of AGP Plastics, Inc., Trumbauersville; Robert Moffett of Robert G. Moffett Attorney, Quakertown; John Sylvia of St. Lukes Quakertown Hospital, Quakertown; Robert Schoen of Detweiler/Hershey & Assoc., Souderton; Bryan Hunsberger of Spring Hill Realty, Harleysville; James & Bonnie DePermentier of All My Children Child Care & Learning Center, Ltd., Souderton; Lisa Leatherman of Seitz, Leatherman & Kolb, LLC, Montgomeryville; Zachariah Derstine of Derstines Inc. Sellersville; Ronald Hostetter of H20 Solutions Inc., Telford; Ray Derstine of Altek Business Solutions Inc., Telford; Douglas Dolinar of Guidemark Inc., Souderton; Thomas Tilley, Tilleys Nursery Inc., Coopersburg; Walter Sanders of Sanders Brand Solutions, Center Valley; Douglas Propst, Kwik Goal LTD, Quakertown; Kenneth Mohr, Jr. of Mohr Management Resources, Coopersburg; Alan Sterner of Sterner Insurance Assoc. Inc., Coopersburg; Cynthia Novack of Candles & Supplies.com Inc., Quakertown; Michael Scott of Scott Powersports Inc., Coopersburg; Richard Woodring Jr. of Prudential Patt, White Co., Coopersburg; Donna Vrabel of AD Computer, Center Valley; Christopher Tompkins of Perkiomen School, Pennsburg; Jeffrey Stauffer of Stauffer Manufacturing Co., Red Hill; Edward Buchinski of The Grand Theater, East Greenville; Terry Sands of Sands Auto Group, Red Hill; Barry Tomlinson of Tomlinson & Gerhart, East Greenville; E. Alan Groff of Associated Truck Sales Co., Green Lane; Allen Tomlinson of Tomlinson & Gerhart, East Greenville; Theodore Wills Jr. of Anchor Fire Protection Co., Perkiomenville and Trevor Smith of Smith Property Group, LLC, Pennsburg. Initially formed in 2004, the Community Advisors meet periodically throughout the year with QNB Directors and Executives to share their views on the local economy and their business activities. The Advisors also provide feedback on QNBs involvement in their local communities and the Bank provides the Advisors with updates on QNB and the banking industry in general.

The Bucks County Opportunity Council is seeking applicants for its Weatherization Program. Low-income residents struggling to keep up with energy bills may be eligible for a free home energy audit and property work or upgrades that will increase the homes efficiency and lower the owners energy bills. Applicants must meet the programs eligibility requirements: 1. Bucks County residents only. 2. The familys income must be at or below 200% of the federal poverty level for the past 12 months, which will be verified by BCOC staff. 3. For a rental property, a landlords signed approval is mandatory, and a contribution may be required. Pending approval, a trained Energy Auditor will contact the homeowner to schedule an appointment for a Home Energy Audit. After a thorough inspection and review of the home, the auditor will report the recommended changes for increasing the homes efficiency, including duct sealing, weather-stripping doors, pipe and attic insulation and heater work. Contractors will then be assigned to do the weatherization work. All materials and labor are provided and installed at no cost. After the work is finished, the auditor will follow up to inspect the quality of the work to

Opportunity Council Offers Free Home Weatherization to Reduce Energy Bills for Bucks County Residents

Amy Goldberg, a 14-year-old Perkasie resident and student at the Commonwealth Connections Academy (CCA), a public online school, recently won an Outstanding Achievement Award for her exceptional work performed in her vocational Job Sampling program. Job Sampling provides youth with special needs a unique opportunity to explore careers of their expressed interests and abilities. A job coach facilitates the Job Samplings for the student who then volunteers at one or more businesses of his/her interests within the students own community. After a student Job Samples, he/she will have a better understanding of each job. Afterwards, some students will know a particular career is exactly what they want to do. Other students will realize that it is not the career they want to pursue. In that regard, Job Sampling can work as a career colander. Amy Job Sampled at Stardust Ceramics, Landis Market and the Sun and Moon Bakery and Cafe, all of Perkasie, in jobs of her interest, which included arts and crafts and baking/ cake decorating. I really liked all of my Job Samplings, they were all cool, said Amy, an artist and Justin Bieber fan. I enjoyed working with others, meeting new people, decorating cakes and baking (chocolate chip) cookies. It was so awesome!

Cyber School Student Wins Outstanding Achievement Award

All three of Amys Job Samplings were facilitated by Mike Kelly, Director of All About Abilities Inc., a nonprofit company that serves young adults with various special needs through educational programs, vocational training and supported employment services. The award Amy won was from All About Abilities Inc. Commonwealth Connections Academy (CCA) partnered to hire Kelly to provide community-based services to some of their transition students living in Bucks County. Amy did a phenomenal job exploring careers of her interest, said Mr. Kelly. Shes an extremely respectful, reliable and hardworking young lady. Because of community businesses opening up their hearts first and then the doors to their businesses, I can provide many more career options to my students to show them that they can pretty much do whatever they want to do in life. Kids with special needs dont have to be relegated to bagging groceries, folding laundry, corralling shopping carts or cleaning tables. Kids like Amy prove this every single day. Amy will be entering her freshman year at CCA this fall and is excited to soon enter the workforce either in a paid position or volunteer position. I cant wait, Amy said. Judging by her outstanding work efforts, employers in the Perkasie area would indeed be fortunate to have Amy join their team.

ensure it meets federal guidelines. It will not be long before the benefits of the weatherization work become apparent with efficient cooling and heating with lower costs. Bucks County resident Donna Shukwit saw big improvements in her homes efficiency after insulation was installed in her home through the Weatherization program in 2012. It was wonderful after the work was completed. I dont have to put the heater on as high now, said Shukwit. She added, Insulation isnt something you pay attention to, but once you have it, thank God. Vivienne Fennimore also noticed the difference after she enrolled in the program this past spring. The house was so cold, it was like the windows were open, recalled Fennimore. They sealed the air leaks, installed insulation in the attic and they gave me a new programmable thermostat. For more information or to find out if you or someone you know may be eligible for the Opportunity Councils Weatherization program, please call 215-345-3309 or 215345-3302. (Please leave a message if there is no answer.) Future funding of this program is uncertain, so call and apply today to take advantage of this opportunity.

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Strolling Through Art of the Garden

3rd Annual Garden Tour a Beautiful Success
by michele buono

The weather forecast was iffy, but the predicted thunderstorms were a no-show in Quakertown on June 30. This was good news to all of those on the Quakertown Alive! Garden Tour committee and the homeowners who opened their gardens for the 3rd Annual Garden Affaires event. Despite a wet-blanket humidity, hundreds of people spent a few hours of their Sunday touring the beautiful local gardens that were open for the event. It gets bigger every year as more people hear about it, said Main Street Manager Naomi Naylor. We have people coming from all over the area, not just locally, to enjoy the tour. They appreciate not just the gardens, but also the historic places in and around Quakertown. We have a lot to offer. The theme of this years Garden Affaires event was The Art of the Garden and art and artists! were to be found in the gardens on this years tour. Six beautifully diverse gardens were open for the tour this year. In addition, the Garden Marketplace on the grounds of the Burgess Foulke House was free and open to the public. The Marketplace featured a floralinspired quilt exhibit by the Keystone Quilters, booths with gardening experts ready to advise prospective gardeners, including sponsor American Native Nurseries, who specialize in locally sourced and grown plants. The event began the night before with an Art of the Garden reception at the home of Tom and Jann Paulovitz. Guests were treated

to a lovely party around the relaxed sophistication of the Paulovitzs garden and pool, which were both designed by former Quakertown art teacher Lynn Kraft. Works by local artists Jim Lukens and Dean Thomas were on display; Lukens debuted a commissioned painting of the Paulowitz garden. The gardens on Sundays tour offered uniquely beautiful experiences and interpretations of the garden. Impressive statuary, whimsical reuse of found items, swimming pools and ponds, as well as quilts and other artwork accentuated the colorful flowers and lush foliage. People came from far and wide to get ideas for their own garden spaces, take photos, and enjoy the day. Event chairwoman Joan Pavlica seemed especially pleased with the Garden Marketplace. Its getting more attention this year as people realize that its open to the public at no cost. People can learn how to garden from our sponsors, maybe buy some plants, tour the [Burgess Foulke] house and the new Visitors Center, and there are raffles, too! Bucks County Master Gardeners were on hand to answer questions; American Native Nurseries had information on ecological landscaping as well as plants, garden-inspired jewelry from Stone Soup Designs and glassware from Kathy Greger were also available for purchase. Photo albums of the Garden Tour and Marketplace, as well as the Art of the Garden evening reception can be found on the Upper Bucks Free Press Facebook page: ubfp.org/fb

(above) Local artist Jim Lukens presents his painting of the Paulovitzs garden to Tomand Jann. (below) Members of the Garden Tour Committee - Naomi Naylor, Pat Quay, MaryAnn Smith, Jann Paulovitz, Rosanne Johnson, Joan Pavlica, Rita Woodward, and Lynda Ulrich. Not pictured: Iveta Gigova, Betty Fulmer, Susan Anderson, and Tonya Rupell. photos by michele buono

(left) The Paulovitz garden. The statue, the Winged Angel of Victory, has a special sentimental meaning to Tom Paulovitz. (below) Betty Fulmer answers questions that visitors have about her garden.
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Qtown Christian Learning Community 2013 Graduates

The 2013 graduates of the Quakertown Christian Learning Community (left to right): Joshua David Jones, Victoria Elizabeth Walters, James V. Copley, Jr., Christian Jon Hofmeister. submitted photo

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Quakertown Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Fox 29, Showcases Community Pride, Small Town Charm, and Lots of Energy
by michele buono

There wasnt much time, but Quakertown Borough, Quakertown Alive, and the Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce worked together with the Visit Bucks County tourism board to pull out all of the stops and welcome Jennaphr Frederick of Fox 29 with a block party showcasing Quakertown and its businesses, civic groups and organizations. Michelle Greco, Visit Bucks Countys communications manager, had encouraged Fox 29 reporter Jennaphr Frederick to visit Quakertown for her popular Jenny on Your Block feature on the Good Day Philadelphia television show. Frederick agreed to come to Quakertown and the whirlwind planning began for an early morning Broad Street block party media event. It all came together on June 5. Broad Street was closed to traffic while various businesses and groups set up booths to display their wares, exhibit their civic pride, and hopefully get some much-coveted air time with JennFred, as she is sometimes called. From Downtown Dogs to the QNB offices and the downtown triangle parking lot, there was food and fun bright and early. A welcoming banner hung from the Quakertown Fire Departments tower truck. Cheerleaders, dancers, and members of the high school marching band were excused from morning classes to be a part of the festivities. A dunking booth set up by First Savings drew steady interest as did the Big Banana Car parked near Downtown Dogs. Bob Swaim, the

Bike Guy, gave rides on his unique bicycles. The Fox 29 satellite truck was a popular photo spot in the triangle lot. Quakertowns Finest and Bravest were on hand to help out in any way they could. An excited crowd thronged the downtown Broad Street area. And then it was time. Frederick ran through a paper banner held by cheerleaders and introduced the greater Philadelphia area to

Quakertown. Her first order of business was to congratulate the Quakertown High School cheerleaders for winning first place in the

high school varsity cheerleading category at the AmeriDance & AmeriCheer International Championship in Florida earlier this year. She followed an itinerary that highlighted Quakertowns small town charm and allAmerican spirit. Frederick was visibly impressed that Quakertown had pulled out all of the stops for her and the Good Day viewers. She later posted to her Facebook page, Quakertown you rocked it in every way. The band, babies, bikes, baked goods and new pals. Nice job! Quakertown Alives Main Street Manager Naomi Naylor credits Michelle Greco, Carol Lacomchiak, and Paul Bencivengo of the county tourism board in large part for helping to raise awareness of Quakertown and the Upper Bucks area as a destination. Bringing Fox 29 to Quakertown is all part of the effort to bring more tourism to the area. We were able to showcase some of the best and most unique aspects to a large viewing area, said Naylor. Jennaphr recognized that Quakertown has a lot to offer that you dont usually expect to find in a small town. Like Moussey Mousse, for example. They offer world-class fare from a classically trained pastry chef. She (Frederick) walked into Tana Kaya and was amazed at the class of merchandise she was seeing. People dont have to go to the big cities for a great boutique shopping experience. How impressed was the Good Day Philadelphia show with Quakertowns efforts? Naylor confided that she was called by another towns manager on the advice of Fox 29 to

ask how to pull together a media event like the Quakertown community managed. Yes, you rocked it, Quakertown!

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2013 Pennridge Grad Appointed to Merchant Marine Academy

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) appoints Thomas Loveless, a 2013 graduate of Pennridge High School to the 2017 Class of Midshipmen. The United States Marine Academy located 12 miles east of New York City is one of five federal service academies that educates and graduates Merchant Marine officers of exemplary character who serve Americas marine transportation and defense needs in peace and war. A preeminent leaderdevelopment institution founded in 1943, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy prepares midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional officers in the U.S. Armed Forces, or naval reserve. Midshipmen, more than 1,000 men and women representing every state in the U.S., learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. All Midshipmen are on full scholarship. Additionally they study small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, leadership, ethics and military law as part of their education.

Food Pantries Reap Harvest at Orthodontists Pool Party

Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a Bachelor of Science degree, a Coast Guard License and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S Naval Reserve.

Hale Wins Foundations Community Partnership Scholarship

by erica stein

Dr. Robert Azarik of Upper Bucks Orthodontics held his annual pool party at the Holiday House in Sellersville. Over 300 pounds of food was collected for the local food pantries. submitted photo

by erica stein

Hard Work Pays Off for Qtown Grad Matt Basile

QCHS senior Matt Basile collected honors from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and the United States Department of Education. After spending hours studying, taking SATs, filling in numerous applications and writing plenty of essays, he was named a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship. He received a $2500 scholarship, which he said he thinks he can apply to room and board at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he will enroll on a full Air Force ROTC scholarship. He plans to major in nuclear engineering. The U.S. Department of Education selected Matt as one of 550 semifinalists in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars competition. From nearly 3.2 million graduating high school seniors, approximately 3,900 students were identified as candidates in the program. He

said he did not advance to the finalist level, in which 20 boys and 20 girls from each state will travel to Washington, D.C. to pick up an award. The honor was based on SAT results, transcript, essay and self-assessment. Im happy to be honored, said Matt, who received a certificate, above, from Rod Stone, QCHS Principal. Its nice to know I was recognized and made it this far in each of the programs. And its nice that these programs exist to support students. He said he is excited about going to MIT, where he will engage in an extremely challenging environment full of tons of kids who are at least as smart as me if not more intelligent. I will have the opportunity for research with professors. Im looking forward to being independent in Boston and to the leadership training through ROTC.

Ron Bernstein, Executive Director of Foundations Community Partnership in Doylestown recently made his annual visit to Quakertown Community High School to give a scholarship to a deserving senior. This year, Trent Hale fit the bill. The mature, confident student athlete received a check for $750, which he will put toward expenses at the University of South Carolina, where he will major in International Business. Foundations Community Partnership in Education Program awards scholarships to one senior in each Bucks County public high school who demonstrates academic excellence and commitment to human services in Bucks County for children, youth and families. The scholarship will also allow Trent to work an internship next summer for Foundations. He can select a social service agency that interests him. Trent said he is interested in working with Big Sisters/Big Brothers because he has experience as a Best Buddy at QCHS. Every summer he works as a personal trainer, teaching children Cross Fit at the Sports Club Kahana in Maui, Hawaii. Trent is the kind of student who will look you in the eye and give you a firm handshake, said Guidance Counselor Eric Gozzard. He is very cordial and will address you as sir. Trent is confident without being arrogant. Having a conversation with him is much like

having an adult discussion. Trent has expressed an interest in the business industry. I feel this would be an excellent field for Trent as he is charismatic, intelligent, driven, and possesses leadership qualities. Trent plays ice hockey and is fortunate to have traveled to many foreign countries, including Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Austria. Academically, he has earned a 4.16 GPA enrolled in 10 honors, seven AP, two dualenrollment, and two gifted level courses. He is ranked in the top 5% of his class. Trent has enrolled in the most rigorous courses that Quakertown has to offer, and excelled. Trent has accomplished all of this by overcoming physical issues. In middle school, he was diagnosed with a variety of spinal cord problems. These issues caused him a great deal of pain, but did not stop him from participating in the sports that he loves. Through weightlifting and personal training, he has been able to greatly reduce the pain, which allows him to keep active. He is a very physically fit young man who takes the care of his body very seriously. Added Mr. Gozzard, Trent is a wellrounded and grounded individual. He is extremely intelligent and dedicated to his academic development. Trent is charismatic and is a genuine good person. He will find a way to excel in anything that he puts his mind to and he will be a success.

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Two Important Parts of a Nutritious Breakfast (with wheels)

The first Independence Day fireworks celebration was in 1776, and was memorialized by then future President John Adams: The day will be the most memorable in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival...it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade...bonfires and illuminations (fireworks) from one end of this continent to the other, from this day forward forevermore.
This past May, the Big Banana Car participated in art car parades in Houston and Tulsa. D.B. Wilson of California and his Pastry Rsistance (the toaster car) was traveling from Oklahoma to upstate New York to a family reunion and decided to visit Milford Township for a few days. Dubbed the Breakfast Convoy by Banana Crew member Stevie Stephens, the two cars traveled together for over a thousand miles. Here, D.B. and Liz ONeill enjoy a super-size breakfast on her lawn.
photo by michele buono

Area Cyber and Homeschoolers Graduate Ryan Mackus

Traditional Homeschooling and Upper Bucks County Technical School Thomas Callahan Neuman Mason Dixon Alex Buono Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Natalie Muscara traditional homeschooling

Swearingen Awarded Quakertown Womans Club Scholarship

Quakertown High School Wrestlers Use Brains and Brawn

by erica stein

Three Quakertown Community High School wrestlers received Academic All-State honors from the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association. They had to earn grade point averages of 3.5 or above and a wrestling record of .700 or better. Senior Tyler Seislove won the academic honor for the second year in a row. His career wrestling record at QCHS was 102-32. He wrestled at 138 pounds this year but will not wrestle next year at Penn State main campus,

where he will major in aerospace engineering. Junior Collyn Dorney also received the honor for the second year. His record this year, at 106 pounds, was 94-32. Tyler and Collyn both qualified for the PIAA State Tournament. Collyn was a gold medalist and Tyler a silver medalist at the regional event. Sophomore Micah Jones posted a record this year, at 195 pounds, of 21-10. Coach Kurt Handel said it was easy to nominate them because they obviously deserved the honor.

(left) Womans Club of Quakertown president Sandy Shelly and (right) vice president Cheryl Tubio presented a $1000 scholarship award to QCHS senior Hannah Swearingen at the Quakertown Community High School Scholarships and Awards program on June 11. Hannah plans to attend Washington and Jefferson College. submitted photo

Quakertowns Jody Anne Evans Wins Medals at Championship Meet

Jody Ann Evans is the undisputed fastest high school female in Pennsylvania. She won two gold medals over the Memorial Day weekend at the PIAA State Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University. Jody won the 100 meters in 11.79 and the 200 meters in 25.03. She ran six races between preliminaries and finals in less than 30 hours and won every time. Jody never lost a race this outdoor track season. I was pushed a bit in the 200 but not so much in the 100, Jody said, noting the high winds made running faster difficult. They werent my best times but winning both events is a big accomplishment for me. I tried! Jody celebrated her victories by eating forbidden training food. I ate a LOT of cookies and cream ice cream! she said, laughing. As of this writing, Jody still needs to decide whether to accept a full scholarship to the

University of Pittsburgh or the University of Illinois. She plans to major in athletic training.

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JIM DeFLAVIO, 62, of Quakertown died May 31 in St. Lukes hospital, Bethlehem. He was the son of Anthony and Hilda (Landsberger) DeFlavio of Quakertown. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother, Jerry, and sister, JoAnne Oberacker. CLYDE E. NICE, 89, of Trumbauersville died June 9 with his family by his side. He was the husband of the late Caroline (Matkowski) Nyce and the late Anne (Hudock) Nyce. He was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army during WWII and a life member of American Legion Post #242 and a member of Forrest Lodge VFW. Clyde is survived by his son Brain E. (Lisa) and his daughter Marilyn N. Keller; two grandchildren, Dana L. MacElrevery (Daniel) and Brandon S. Keller; two great-grandchildren, Austin and Madison. He was predeceased by his two brothers, Gerald and Garland. EDWARD JASINSKI, 90, of Quaketown died June 12 at Independence Court, Quakertown. He was the husband of the late Anna (Laushen) Jasinski. He is survived by two sons, Stephen and his wife, Susannah, and David and his wife, Terri; two sisters, Mary Szuchyt and Helen Pancarik; two grandchildren, Janine and Luke David. He was predeceased by his brother Stanley and sister Jennie Parks. MARTHA M. TRUMBOWER, 92, of Telford (formerly of Perkasie),passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on June 12 at Grand View Hospital. She was a loving mother and is survived by four sons: Bill (Mimi), Tom (Donna, Jerry (Lynn), David (Michele) and daughter, Jane Hastings (Michael). Her great joy was her 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by an infant daughter, Ann Louise, and a brother, Edward, and her six sisters: Margaret, Florence, Mary,

Evelyn, Lillian, and Betty. YVONNE M. LOUGHRIDGE, 80, of Largo, FL (formerly of Quakertown), died June 12 at Hidden Meadows on the Ridge, Sellersville. She was the wife of the late James A. Loughridge. She enjoyed crafts and knitting, donating many knitted items to churches, hospitals, and nursing homes. She is survived by two daughters, Wendy Schneck (Rick) and Patti Loughridge; two sisters, Debbie Burkhart (Jason) and LaRue Hinkle (Fred); three grandchildren, Erika Marks (Mike), Doug Egner, and Amy Kautz; and one great-granddaughter, Samantha. MARTHA E. ROBERTS, 88 formerly of Sellersville died June 15 in ManorCare, Allentown. She was the wife of the late Raymond W. Roberts. Born in Quakertown, she was the daughter of the late Mike and Anna (Blumenta) Mitchell. She is survived by two sons, William Bill Roberts and his wife, Regina, of Shillington and Kenneth Mitchell and his wife, Dawn, of Quakertown; a brother, Raymond; four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. FRANCES SAPUTO, 91, of Doylestown passed away peacefully on June 15. She is survived by her son Ronald Coleman Carver (Theresa) of East Rockhill and her daughter Judith Jones of Solebury. Nana has ten grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. She is also survived by two sisters, Dorothy Harry of Quakertown and Betty Feriod of Warrington. Fran had a career as an executive secretary for many years. After retiring, she was an avid flea marketer and enjoyed spending time with her family, who will miss her very much. JAMES E. SCHAUB, 93, of Trumbauersville died June 19 in Genesis Health Care, Quakertown. He was the husband of Miriam R. (Mory) Schaub. They were married 45 years in April. He

~Obituaries~

was a messenger for Grand View Hospital, Sellersville before retiring. He was a US Army veteran serving during WWII and a members of VFW Post 245. In addition to his wife he is survived by two daughters, Jeanne Schweitzer, and Barbara Palmer and her husband, Edward; stepdaughter Lisa Bechtel and her husband Todd; a step sister, Stella Hank; five grandchildren, Michael, Kathy, Mathew, Jennifer, and Nicole; six great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by three sisters: Helen Cavotta, Mary Lambert, and Marion McConnell, and his grandson Jon. BARRY G. WEIKEL, 65, of Zephyr Hills, Florida, formerly of Quakertown and Perkasie, passed away on June 23, in Quakertown. He was the husband of Joan E. (Michener) Weikel and celebrated 46 years of marriage this past February. Barry worked as a production assembly technician for various machinery manufactures for over 35 years. Surviving with his wife is son Nate, companion Sheena Hepner, Perkasie; daughter, Roxanne Grimmer, finance Jim Figueroa, Quakertown; brother, Steve, Weeki Wachee, FL; grandchildren; Paige and Quinton. MARJORIE A. FREY, 75, of Quakertown, previously of Sellersville, died June 25 in LifeQuest, Quakertown. She was the widow of Paul S. Frey, Sr. Born in W. Rockhill Twp., she was a daughter of the late Joseph T. and Margaret (Smith) Connolly. Surviving are daughters, JoAnne Frey, Sellersville, Marjorie Greiser, husband Jeffrey, Red Hill, and Kathy Fehr, husband Floyd, Milford Square; son, John J. of Bethlehem; grandchildren Brenden and Chris Greiser and Jamie and Amanda Fehr; great-grandchildren Joshua, Joslyn, Morgan and William Greiser, Ethan and Lilianna Fehr and Ryleigh Emmell. She was preceded in death by son, Paul Jr. EMILY ANNE BONNIE WILHELM CERVEN of Quakertown died on June 26. Bonnie succumbed to complications of a lung cancer operation. Beloved wife of Daniel Cerven for 33 years and mother to Scott Wilhelm (Monica), Laura Klee (Ernie), Wendy Zook (Randy). Bonnie is also survived by six grandchildren, Lindsey klee, Allison Klee, Jacob Zook, Jenna Zook, Jenson Wilhelm, and Corinne Wilhelm, She is also survived by her brother Arthur T. Berg.

HAROLD H. LEWIS, 93, of Quakertown passed away on June 27, in his home. He is survived by his wife of twenty years, Rosa M. (Whitton) Lewis; and was preceded in death by his first wife, Beatrice S. (Strawn) Lewis. Harold was the owner of Lewis Brothers Builders and Contractors from 1958 through 1985. The company was originally started in 1926 by Harolds father, Herbert and his Uncle

Harry. After serving 35 months in the Army Air Force, Headquarters Squadron in Washington, DC, Harold joined the company in 1947. Lewis Brothers is still in business today and owned and operated by his daughter and son-in-law, Michael and Nancy Cygan. Harold was a lifetime member of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, a church which he and his father built in 1959.Surviving with his wife, son, Robert Lewis (Francine) Vinton, VA; daughter, Nancy Cygan (Michael), Quakertown and stepson, Michael Whitton (Linda), Colombia, MD; 10 grandchildren, Brendan Cygan (Molly), Schnecksville, PA, Scott Cygan (Kimi), Shanghai, China, Mark Cygan (Joanna) Huntington Beach, CA, Michelle Lewis (Tracy), Vancouver, Canada, Kevin Lewis (Mary), Buffalo, MN, Melissa Lewis (Tanya), Encino, CA, Kimberly Lewis, Vinton, VA, Meagan Sallade (Brian), Vinton VA, Michelle Slingluff (Christopher), Severn MD, Christopher Whitton, Harrogate, England and 10 great-grandchildren.

A solumn statement posted on June 20 to www.bucks58fire.com reads, It is with deep regret and sadness that the past and present officers and members of the Trumbauersville Fire Company acknowledge the passing of long time Life Member and Past President, James Schaub, at 93 years old. Schaub dedicated his life to Trumbauersville and the surrounding community for over 45 years. Schaub was a cornerstone in the history of Trumbauersville Fire Company and the community it served. He was an active fire policeman and a firefighter in his time at Trumbauersville. Jim was known especially for his dedication to the carnival which was a great success for many years with his assistance along with many other fundraisers. Schaub demonstrated his hard work ethic on a daily basis and was a prime example of a leader and person for all past and present members to follow. Jim, you will be greatly missed and your service to our community and your hard work to get our company to where we are today will not be forgotten. Marilyn Bobb, president of the fire company remarks, The fire company would not be where it is today without the insight, fortitude, diligence, persis-

Trumbauersville Fire Company Mourns Loss of Past President

photo by christopher betz

tance and hard work to accomplish any dream or task he had. He was a companion, friend, mentor and brother to all. His goals and dreams for the fire company will live on. No one will ever realize the accomplishments he has made. Rest in Peace. You have earned your wings and paved your own way home. You will be sadly missed. James Schaubs official obitituary appears above on this page.

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Upper Bucks Area Places of Worship

Christ Lutheran Church 1 Luther Lane, Trumbauersville 215-536-3193 Pastor: Carolann Hopke 9:00am Worship, 10:15 Sunday School Free Drive-in Movies Friday evenings June through August, Handicapped accessible, Family Friendly Church Grace Bible Fellowship Church 1811 Old Bethlehem Pike N., Quakertown 215-536-6096 grace@quakertownbfc.org www.quakertownbfc.org Pastor: Ron Kohl, Sr. Pastor June July August: Sunday- 9am Combined Worship Service, Toddler class (age 3&4), Childrens church K-4th, 6:30pm Evening Worship; Wednesday- 6:30pm Teens for Christ (6th-12th), 7pm Kids Club, 7pm Teens, young adult, adult bible study Good News Church 424 Juniper Street, Quakertown 215-536-4393 www.gnciv.org Pastor: David Mackey, Jr. Sunday service & childrens church 10:30am Wed. Bible Study 7:30pm. Friendly, Biblebased, Christ-centered, Spirit-led Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 2966 Old Bethlehem Pike, Zionhill 215-536-7288 pastor@zion-zionhill.org Pastor: James Saboe Sunday School all ages 9:00am, Worship services 10:15am, We at Zion invite all to worship and fellowship with us. Evangel Assembly of God 401 Arch Street, Perkasie 215-453-1565 www.perkasieag.org Pastor: Rev. Gary Saul Where Gods Love Changes Lives MorningStar Moravian Church 234 S. Main Street, Coopersburg 610-282-1908 coopmoravian@aol.com Pastor: Lance Fox Sunday services 10:00am. Small, friendly Protestant church. Community mission: Serving free dinners once per month. All are welcome. Call for information. Good Shepherd Church (Episcopal) 1634 Hilltown Pike, Hilltown 215-822-3930 Pastor: Harper Turney 10:00am Sunday Eucharist St. Johns Lutheran Church 4 South Main Street, Richlandtown 215-536-5027 secretary@sjrpa.org www. sjrpa.org Pastor: Susan Sosnin Sunday morning worship at 9:30am with holy communion first and third Sundays of the month. Sunday school 8:30am Ridge Valley United Church of Christ 905 Allentown Road, Sellersville 215-257-7244 rvucc.pastor@verizon.net www.ridgevalleyucc.org Pastor: Rev. Steve Myren We are a vibrant, welcoming Family of Faith. Worship: Sundays 9:30am. Ridge Valley: Growing Together in Gods Love. The Gathering (at the Barn) 24 Greentop Road, Sellersville 215-529-6824 tomdaugherty@live.com www.thegatheringchristianfellowship.com Pastor: Tom Daugherty St. Pauls Lutheran Church of Applebachsville 837 Old Bethlehem Road, Quakertown 215-536-5789 stpauls@netcarrier.com www.quakertown.net/stpauls Pastor: Rev. David Heckler We believe in sharing Gods love in joyful service. Come and see. All are welcome. St. Matthews Lutheran Church 3668 Ridge Road, Perkasie 215-795-2965 office@kellerschurch.org www.kellerschurch.org Pastor: Robert E. Mitman June 2 - Sept 8: Summer Worship 9:00am, Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday. Regular schedule resumes September 15. Emmanuel Episcopal Church 560 S. Main Street Quakertown, PA 18951 215-536-3040 emmanuelchurch11@yahoo.com www.emmanuelquakertown.org Sept-June: Sunday services at 8am and 10am; July-August: 9:00am Visitors and new members always welcome! Church of the Incarnation (Anglican-Episcopal) 44 S. 8th Street, Quakertown 215-538-3787 Andores@verizon.net www.IncarnationQuakertown.org Pastor: Most Rev. Thomas J. Kleppinger Traditional worship, Biblical faith Sunday 10:30am, Wednesday 10:00am First United Methodist Church 501 Market Street, Perkasie 215-257-4626 fumcperkasie@verizon.net www.fumcperkasie@verizon.net Pastor: Steward Warner Mission: Share Gods love, Make and nurture disciples of Jesus Christ, Have a positive impact on our community and world. Trinity Great Swamp UCC 9150 Spinnerstown Road, Spinnerstown 215-679-7710 tgsucc@verizon.net www.tgsucc.org Pastor: David R. Ellis / Matt Gorkos Sunday services 8am in Grove Chapel, 9:30am in the church, Communion 1st Sunday of month at 8am. Sunday School resumes in September Trinity Lutheran Church 102 N. Hellertown Avenue, Quakertown 215-536-4345 www.trinityquakertown.org Pastor: Lynnette R. Chapman 9am traditional services, 10:30am Contempory Service until September 8th, Handicapped Accessible, Family Friendly Church, Dynamic Music Ministry, Kidspiration Services Holy Spirit Anglican Church 1133 W. Orvilla Road, Hatfield 215-453-7452 rtutton@verizon.net www.holyspiritanglicanhatfield.org Pastor: Rev. Robert Tutton We are a traditional conservative Evangelical Christian church. Pennridge Christian Fellowship 720 Blooming Glen Road, Blooming Glen 215-257-7309 kallebach@pennridgecf.org www.pennridgecf.org Pastor: Thomas Vargis Sunday worship 10:30am, Sunday School after song service for infants to age 12. Wed evenings 7pm with prayer, crossroads youth and (Sept-April) boys and girls clubs. Everyone is welcome. Richland Friends Meeting (Quaker) Main St at Mill Rd & Park Ave, Quakertown 215-538-7555 Clerks: Kathy Redding, Jack Schick Absolute freedom of thought and worship is our faith and practice over 300 years in Quakertown. Join us 10:30am Sundays Morning Star Fellowship 429 S. 9th Street, Quakertown 215-529-5422 Pastor: John Decker www.mstarqtown.org Services at 9am & 11am, Childrens Ministry during all services, Student ministry 6pm, Celebrate Recovery Weds 7pm, Divorce Care Thurs 7pm, EastWest Cafe open before & after services. Free coffee. St. Pauls United Church of Christ 104 Green Street, Sellersville 215-257-7268 stacey@stpaulsucc.net www.stpaulsucc.net Pastor: Dave Heckler Summer worship in air-conditioned Fellowship Hall, 10am Coffee Talk, 10:30am worship

Music that Speaks to your Soul

We will be having a Hymn Sing here at St. Lukes later this summer, which means that, hopefully, a lot of favorite hymns will be sung in praise of God. And that got me to thinking about favorite hymns. What are some of our favorite hymns? What makes a hymn a favorite hymn? In the past when Ive done hymn surveys, certain hymns always seem to be near the top, like Amazing Grace, The Old Rugged Cross, Just As I Am, and How Great Thou Art. These are hymns that are familiar and comfortable, hymns that may have been part of our worship since childhood. But other, newer, hymns also made the list, like Here I Am, Borning Cry, One Bread, One Body, and Lord I Lift Your Name on High. These hymns have also touched many people and become a part of many peoples regular worship life. What makes a hymn a favorite hymn, it seems to me, is that, at some deep level, in some profound way, it speaks to us. It touches something deep inside of us, whether that is a particular memory or event in our lives, or a time when we felt God speaking to us through a hymn. It reminds us of a place or a time where the love of God was real and present for us. It gives words to our faith, to our beliefs, to our hopes and our dreams. It brings us comfort and peace. Let me tell you about a few of my favorite hymns. One is All Creatures of Our God and King. This was the processional hymn at my wedding, and every time I sing it I remember one of the very happiest days of my life. But I also love the text, which speaks of all parts of creation, even death, praising God. Its filled with Alleluias, and I am always lifted up when I sing it. Another is Lifes Railway to Heaven. This was my fathers favorite hymn and he taught it to me when I was very young. But what makes it so special to me is that, in 2011, when my father was in the hospital dying, my brother and I sang it with him in his hospital room. It brought us full circle, and it helped us all say good-bye. It also brought us smiles and laughter, which is a wonderful way to share last days with loved one. So now when I hear that hymn, and when we sang it in praise worship last year, I think of my dad, and I smile. One more favorite is Come My Way, My Truth, My Life. This hymn is not well known at all, but the combination of a beautiful text by the English mystical poet George Herbert and a lyrical tune by Ralph Vaughan Williams, make this hymn a place of beauty and peace for me whenever I hear it or sing it. Then there are the wonderful Swedish hymns Day by Day and Thy Holy Wings and the Irish hymn Be Thou My Vision that speak to my ancestry. And the songs of Christmas and Easter that fill me with the presence of the baby Jesus and the risen Jesus. And I could go on and on, because hymns are such a gift and such a treasure. They allow us to sing, say, and hear things we might not otherwise be able to put into words. They connect us with the past, and not just our own past, but the whole history of the Christian church. I sing Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word and I not only connect with my seminary graduation, but also with Martin Luther, writing this hymn in the 1530s (its another of my favorite hymns). Hymns give depth to our worship and richer content to our praise. Hymns touch the soul and lift the spirit. Hymns give voice to our grief and to our joys. Hymns allow the many to speak as one. Hymns bring us together as a community of believers (and seekers), as we lift our voices as one, with common words and music, in praise and worship of our awesome God (and Awesome God is an awesome song, too). Hymns allow us to speak to God, and in their words, God speaks to us, as well. So lift up your voice, good or bad, and sing to the Lord, a new song, an old song, your favorite hymn, whatever that hymn may be.

For information on listing your place of worship in this directory, please contact Terri at 215-529-8915 ext. 11 or by email at terri@ubfp.org

On Sunday, June 30, Quakertown United Methodist Church welcomed senior pastor the Reverend Russell J. Atkinson and his wife, Barbara. Pastor Atkinson succeeds the Reverend Ronald A. Waite, who is retiring. Previous United Methodist churches served by Reverend Atkinson are Grandview: Lancaster, St. Pauls: Hazleton, Otterbein: Lancaster, and Swarthmore. I want to offer kind and effective pastoral care to the families of Quakertown United Methodist Church, and to the communities surrounding them. I want to work with you to discover and implement an effective disciplemaking community that frequently challenges our members to grow emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, and in grateful service to God. We have a million things to learn from one another as we join together in faithful discipleship. Im looking forward to the

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blessings God has for us...just up ahead. Pray for me, and Ill pray for you, and together well discover what God has in store, said Russell. Assistant Pastor Ms. Hilary Ann Golden, who began her ministry at Quakertown United Methodist Church in May, will be working with Reverend Atkinson.

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On Saturday June 1, Dr. Michael Bonomo and several members of his staff from the Quakertown Dental Office and Red Hill Dental Office volunteered for MOM-n-PA, an annual two-day free dental clinic for underserved Pennsylvanians held in Philadelphia. The event was held at the Liacouras Center at Temple University, Philadelphia. MOM-n-PA is an annual two-day free dental clinic for the relief of pain to thousands of the most needy, many of whom are from working families who do not have access or cannot afford dental insurance. Many of these patients might otherwise have no hope of receiving care. All services are provided free of charge by members of organized dentistry and

Dentist, Staff Volunteer Time and Graphic Novels Bring Service to Help Classics to Life for Those in Need Young People
assisted by a host of volunteers. During the mission on May 31 and June 1, there were more than 1000 volunteers, 151 dentists and 1,745 patients treated. Thank you to all the volunteers - we are very proud that our staff was a participant in this great event to give back to those in need! We are also excited to announce that on November 15, we will be providing our community a Dentistry from the Heart event. DFTH is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free dental care to those in need. For more information, please visit www.dentistryfromtheheart.org or www.qtowndentaloffice. com. Move over Spiderman, there are new comic book characters in town! Many classic books are being turned into comic books to try to get kids into reading classics. No matter what your opinion is on classics as comics, these books are very popular with kids. One of my favorite series is the Classic Illustrated Series published by Papercutz. Papercutz Marketing Director, Jesse Post, let me ask him some questions about this series. Erik: People might worry that publishing classic literature as graphic novels will discourage kids from reading the actual book. How does Papercutz see the role of their Classics Illustrated Graphic Novels in helping get kids into classic literature? Jesse Post: We think its actually the opposite! [W]eve heard a lot of enthusiastic praise from teachers and librarians about the series, especially our CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED DELUXE books that have more pages and are even closer to the experience of reading the original books. I think a lot of the time, kids might think that these old books are boring or too hard to read, but they dont realize that there are some wild adventures in the classics! The Three Musketeers has sword-fighting and rescues, Tom Sawyer has a search for buried treasure in a haunted house, Treasure Island has all the suspense and excitement of any modern middle-grade or YA book for boys. Its easier for kids to get into these stories as comics, and we think that once they realize what theyve been missing theyll look for the original books, and maybe even some other classic books that havent been turned into comics just yet. Erik: I agree, classic books have a ton of action! How true to the story is the comic book adaptation of the classic? Jesse Post: It can vary, but our DELUXE line is very true to the original books, so much so that the comics can sometimes have as many pages as the originals! Our regular CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED line is a bit slimmer (around 56 pages each) so those just aim to cover the main plot points and themes of the originals, with only the most important character developments and twists and turns. I would say any adaptation, whether its a comic book, a movie, or a TV show, cant offer the exact same experience as the original, but the best adaptations are authentic even if theyre a little shorter or less detailed. Erik: I like how you try to stay close to the original story. Ive noticed that the illustration style can be pretty different between the books. How do you pick an illustrator or illustration style to fit the classic? Jesse Post: All of our CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED books are either reprints from an earlier series or translated from books that were originally published in France, so we dont usually have any input into the story development. We do pick the books we publish very carefully, though, and the main thing we look for in an artists style is a certain liveliness to the characters (we want the characters to feel real to readers) and a strong ability to tell a story in pictures. Comics artists have to do a lot more than draw well -- they have to use facial expressions, scenery, color, and many other things to convey important parts of the story. When you read comics you read the pictures as well as the words, and this is especially important in a classic novel adaptation. Erik: Comic art is very important to the story! How do you choose which stories to illustrate? Jesse Post: We look mainly for books that are very popular (like Around the World in 80 Days, A Christmas Carol, and Call of the Wild) and very good (but thats usually all of them -- if they werent good they wouldnt be classics!). Another factor is age-appropriateness. Because were a kids publisher we want to make sure the subject matter isnt too advanced or complex. Weve experimented with some adaptations of more complicated classics for adults like The Jungle and Wuthering Heights, but the straight-ahead childrens classics like Wind In the Willows and Tom Sawyer are much more popular. But most of all we just look for an excellent adaptation, one thats true to the original with beautiful artwork. If we do that right, our readers will be happy, and that makes us happy! Erik: To learn more about the Papercutz Classics Illustrated series, visit www.papercutz.com. For more on books and reading, visit my website www.thiskidreviewsbooks.com!

Did you know that three presidents died on the Fourth of July? They are John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. In fact, Adams, the second president, and Jefferson, the third president, actually died on the exact same day in 1826.

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Eight-year-old Rebekah Hickey of Trumbauersville Elementary School set a blistering pace to win the One-Mile Fun Run in 7 minutes, 26 seconds. Her performance on the track inspired the almost three hundred runners and walkers at the inaugural QCEF & QCSD 5K on June 8. The event started and ended at the Freshman Center track. QCHS history teacher, Sean Stetler, captured the 3.1 mile race with a time of 16:30, running so smoothly that he hardly looked like he broke a sweat or even breathing hard. John Miller, 17, a QCHS student, finished in second place. Dean Dimmig, 50, of Perkasie took third place. Amee Siegel, 24, of Bethlehem was the first woman to finish the race and young Hayley Hangey, 11, was second. The third woman to cross the finish line was QCHS sophomore, Karina Bolton, 15. In all, 285 people finished the one-mile or 5K course.

Qtown Community Ed Foundation Holds Successful First Run

Proceeds of the event will benefit students of the Quakertown Community School District through the Quakertown Community Education Foundation. In the past three years, a golf tournament raised funds that were mainly used for much-needed technology across the district. School Board members will decide how monies raised through 2013 events, including the Mothers Market and golf tournament will be used. We met our goals, said Ricki Stein, Race Director and Community Relations Coordinator. We wanted to give a lot of district people some incentive to get physically fit, get together as one big entity and help them become aware of the foundation. Everybody seemed very happy with the results, so I think were ready to try again next year. I hope they all come back and bring their friends!

by kenrick smith

Dont Lose Your Race Before You Race

BADLANDS (SD) MONTICELLO (VA) BROADWAY (NY) MONUMENT VALLEY (UT) DISNEYLAND (CA)

MOUNT RUSHMORE (SD) GIANT FOREST (CA) NIAGARA FALLS (NY) GRAND CANYON (AZ) POCONOS (PA)

HOLLYWOOD (CA) STATUE OF LIBERTY (NY) JERSEY SHORE (NJ) TAOS PUEBLO (NM) KILAUEA VOLCANO (HI)

TIME SQUARE (NY) LA BREA TAR PITS (CA) YELLOWSTONE (WY) LAS VEGAS (NV) YOSEMITE (CA)

All our hard work is in, weve spent countless hours training, sweating, and watching our nutrition. Our alarm clocks have gone off so many times pre-dawn, that sleeping in is waking up at 5:30am. Ahh! We dont want all this sacrifice to go to waste by a few bad decisions, or miscalculations leading up to race day. Below are some tips/guidelines I use to make sure I am ready for race day. 1. Trust/ Confidence: We need to trust that we are ready to race. Trust that we have put in the miles and we need to carry a sense of confidence with us that we are race ready. Dont go crazy and start cramming your training in right up in till race day. We want to have a fresh energized body going into race day. Trust in what you have put in to your training 2. Cramming: We dont want to be training hard or long right up to race day. This leads to fatigue and you will not have the energy to race up to your potential. The goal is to feel like our bodies are fresh and energized body going into race day. Those last ditch efforts will only hurt our performance not help. 3. Sleep: A couple days before the big race, make sure you start (should be continuing) to get a good nights sleep. Thisallows your body to repair itself from hard training so it is ready for race day. Sleep is vital in muscle and joint recovery, cant emphasize enough how important a good night sleep is. 4. a. Fuel: Make sure you stick with safe foods the night before your race. I like to stick with bland, carb-rich foods. My

traditional pre-race meal is pasta with red sauce and grilled chicken. Stay away from spicy foods, alcohol, and soda. I would not try anything new either - which leads me to point five below. Also, the breakfast of our race day is very important, eat something light but enough to sustain yourself for most of your race (ie. greek yogurt with fruit, hard boiled eggs, bagels, fruit, etc.) 4. b. Hydrating: One last point in fueling. Make sure you are hydrating properly the day before and the morning of your race. Conditions (heat, length of race, your personal sweat rate, etc.) will indicate how much you need to hydrate. Note: Please dont just hydrate with water, you need to fill your body up with all the vitamins it will need on race day so use some electrolyte drinks - GU Brew, Gatorade, NUUN. 5. Nothing New: Whether it be new foods, shoes, goggles, etc. Whatever your sport is (running, triathlon, cycling, etc) try as best as you can not to throw in new equipment on race day. This can lead to major problems, usually discomfort, which can lead to a miserable experience and sometimes to injury. I made this mistake in a race - I had thrown in a new pair of goggles for the swim leg of a triathlon and the goggles were much too tight and caused a lot of pain in my eyes during the swim. Be smart leading up to race day. Racing is hard, we dont want to add obstacles we can avoid. Race hard and have fun! learn more @ www.k17sport.com

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QNBs David Freeman Named Honorary Quakertown Park Project Chairman

Hollenbach Construction, Inc. Adds 3 New Team Members
Hollenbach Construction, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of three new employees to the Hollenbach Construction team. The new employees are: Jim Payne, Project Manager; Chuck Kemmerling, Superintendent; and Michael Smith, Carpenter. Jim Payne has more than 18 years experience in the construction industry as a project manager and site superintendent. Jim is responsible for project management of new projects and in providing support to other project managers. Chuck Kemmerling brings more than 15 years construction experience as a site superintendent. Chuck is serving as site superintendent for an adaptive reuse project for Littles John Deere in Hatboro. Michael Smith has more than 18 years experience as a construction rough and finish carpenter. Michael is providing carpentry services to a variety of construction projects. Our strategically planned company growth is being realized and we are fortunate to have the opportunity to add three talented team members to meet the increasing needs of our organizations growth and to enhance our responsiveness to our clients, said Tim Little, President of Hollenbach Construction, Inc. Hollenbach Construction, Inc. is an award winning professional design/build, construction management, general contracting and development services organization headquartered in Boyertown, PA. Major markets for the company are senior living, healthcare, commercial, retail, manufacturing, educational and religious. Quakertown Boroughs Park Development Steering Committee has announced that David Freeman, President and CEO of QNB, will be the Grow Your Community Park campaigns Honorary Chairman as the committee begins planning and raising funds for the new park at the former Krupp Foundry site. The Quakertown Park Project is something that will be enjoyed by the community for generations to come, said Freeman. It will also add to our communitys reputation for its outstanding park system, as well as enhance the already successful revitalization efforts in downtown Quakertown. Our park project is now a reality! said Committee Co-chair Cathy Gillahan. Construction is slated to commence later this year. We are very excited about the permanent amphitheater, and the entertainment possibilities that lie ahead for our Borough and the surrounding Upper Bucks area. The park, upon completion, will have a lot to offer people of all ages for years to come. The 12-acre passive recreation community park will connect the Quakertown Memorial Park and the Sports Complex, the James A. Michener Branch of the Bucks County Library, and the Quakertown Community Pool. It will feature walking and biking trails, an amphitheatre, concession stand, gazebo, open areas for picnicking, playing and relaxing, flower meadows, a water feature with fountain, and restrooms. This community asset to the more than 36,500 residents of the Quakertown Regional Area (including Richland, Haycock, and Milford Townships and Quakertown, Trumbauersville, and Richlandtown Boroughs) will regularly hold public events, live music, entertainment, arts events and more each season. Freeman has been the Chief Executive Officer of QNB and the Bank since January 2013. He also serves as the President of QNB and the Bank since September 2010. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of QNB and the Bank from September 2010 to December 2012. Freeman serves on several local boards including St. Lukes Hospital, Upper Bucks YMCA and The Bucks County Symphony. A variety of naming opportunities and donations are available at all levels. Each opportunity comes with its own list of benefits that will allow area businesses increased exposure in the community. Visit the Quakertown Park Project online at quakertownparkproject.org for a complete list of sponsorship and donation opportunities and to read the top ten reasons to donate to the park. Members of the committee are available to meet with prospective donors to discuss the benefits of sponsorship for their business or company. Park supporters can also join the Quakertown Park Projects new Facebook fan page for regular updates.

Did you know that New Castle, Pennsylvania is home to the nationally acclaimed fireworks display companies, Zambelli Internationale and Pyrotechnico? As such, the town proclaims itself to be the Fireworks capital of America. Rozzis Famous Fireworks of Loveland, Ohio, also began operations in New Castle, before moving its headquarters to the Cincinnati area.

QUAKERTOWN Aamco A-Plus Mini Market Bottom Dollar Foods Beer City Bricks Sales Classic Staffing Chick Fil-A Downtown Dogs Earl Bowl Lanes First Niagara Bank First Savings Bank Franks Pizza The Free Press Bldg. Giant (Qtwn Plaza) The Grundy House Hampton Inn Holiday Inn Independence Court James Michener Library Johns Plain & Fancy Liberty Thrift Store McDonalds Melody Lakes Philly Soft Pretzel Factory Quaker Cleaners Quakertown Family Restaurant QNB Bank Quaker Cleaners Redners Market Roma Pizza Sals Pizza Randa Seven-Eleven Sines 5 & 10 SNAP Fitness

Spinnerstown Hotel St. Lukes Hospital Swanns Pantry Toms Help Desk Upper Bucks Sr. Center Upper Bucks SPCA Upper Bucks YMCA Upper Bucks Chamber Wells Fargo Bank Yum Yum Donuts TRUMBAUERSVILLE Borough Hall Finos La Cantina Spors General Store SELLERSVILLE A & N Diner Grandview Hospital Hidden Meadows Roy Ann Diner Suelkes Roadstand Village Market PERKASIE Dam Good Cafe Emils Diner First United Methodist Giant Food Markets Landis Food Markets Mirage Hair Salon Olde Towne Convenience Store Pennridge Chamber Pierce Library QNB Bank Revivals Restaurant

TELFORD Grundy Manor Indian Valley Library Landis Supermarket Lisas Pizza SOUDERTON Care & Share Shoppes Generations Main Street Java Mr. Bs at Calvary Church QNB Bank Vincents Pizza COOPERSBURG Coopersburg Diner Giant Food Markets The Inside Scoop QNB Bank Turkey Hill Minit Market Weis Markets SILVERDALE Detlan Equipment Green Street Barber Shop HARLEYSVILLE Landis Supermarket Also available at lots of other high traffic locations between here and there. Have a suggestion for a place youd like to see the Free Press? E-mail terri@ubfp.org.

Small Business Administration Begins New Initiative to Help Veterans Become Entrepreneurs
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is announcing today the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment by its top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by five percent per year for the next five years. Often times, veterans face challenges in raising capital or have trouble receiving a conventional loan. With the support of SBAs top 20 national lending partners, and approximately 100 additional regional and community lending partners across the United States, SBA expects to assist an additional 2,000 veterans obtain loans to start or expand small businesses by increasing lending by $475 million over the next five years. This equals a five percent increase above historic veteran lending activity by the SBA. The initiative also complements SBAs existing partnership with the National Association of Development Companies (NADCO) VetLoan Advantage strategic initiative that offers small business financing discounts and training to veterans who own businesses or are interested in small business ownership. Our service men and women have made incalculable contributions and sacrifices for our country, and supporting them as they pursue their dreams to start or grow their own business is one of SBAs highest priorities, SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. Through this partnership with national lending partners and regional and community lenders across the U.S., we stand ready to serve veteran entrepreneurs with loan-guarantees, entrepreneurial training, and resources that are critical tools to help them start businesses, drive the local economy and create jobs for themselves and their communities. Veterans make up a large number of successful small business owners. Nine percent of small businesses are veteran-owned. These 2.45 million veteran-owned businesses employ more than 5 million individuals. In the private sector workforce, veterans are more likely than those with no active-duty military experience to be self-employed. Administrator Mills is announcing the Initiative today at Ft. Bragg, NC, together with representatives of the SBA lending community from across the country, the U.S. Army and transitioning service members who have chosen to participate in SBAs Operation Boots to Business (B2B) Program, an initiative to train veterans and transitioning service members in business entrepreneurship. As thousands more veterans transition from active duty into civilian roles, it is important for us to establish the partnerships that will support them in this process, said Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Natalia Olson-Urtecho. With one in 10 businesses nationwide owned by a veteran, we want to ensure that they have the training and resources available to help them succeed and create jobs. SBA currently engages veterans through its 68 local SBA district offices, 15 Veterans Business Outreach Centers nationwide, and its partnership with 1,000 Small Business Development Centers and some 12,000 SCORE Counselors to Americas Small Businesses volunteers. Each year SBA helps more than 200,000 veterans, service-disabled veterans and reservists. To learn more about additional opportunities for veterans available through the SBA, please visit the website at www.sba.gov/veterans .

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Quakertown High School Graduates

Nearly 400 students graduated Quakertown Community High School at a ceremony attended by hundreds of family members and friends at Stabler Arena on June 14. The graduates were excited and perhaps a bit nervous as they took part in the graduation service that ended their high school careers and onto new paths. Approximately three-quarters of Quakertowns Class of 2013 are planning to continue their education in college with over $3 million in cumulative scholarship monies. Twenty-three students are stepping into fulltime employment. Nine graduates are entering military service. Angel D Abreu - Anthony J Adornetto - Breeanna M Alessandra - Nicholas L Alexander - Ryan Alexander - Xavier E Alicea - Sabrina A Anderson - Ryan J Asplen -Nicholas E Audesirk - Alexis D Bacanskos Mathew R Badulak - Eric L Bahry - Vincent J Ball - Douglas J Barndt - Tyler C Bartholomew - Morgan Basciano - Matthew L Basile Cody L Batcsics - Eric L Batcsics - Lauren N Batcsics - Emily E Bauman - Anjellica A Benner - Janine C Berkezchuk - Miranda E Berry - Alyssia L Besse - Nikki M Bianco - Carolyn C Bibighaus - Bridget N Bolton Deanna M Bombara - David R Bonilla-Garcia - Alyssa A Bonomo - Krystal L Borowski - Nicole M Boyles - Chelsea C Bradford Justin J Brady - Ryan J Breithoff - Allison P Bright - Lydia J Brojer - Corey C Brookins - Justice T Brown - Megan N Brown - Nykole M Brown - Beniah Z Brumbaugh - Brittny A Buonanno Taylor - Shannon K Butler - Sean M Carhart - Jonathan J Carpenter - Nicolas R Carreras - Summer A Cass - Dalton J Casterlin - Amanda N Chantelau - Seth E Chase - Brianna M Chicarelli - Kaitlyn P Cicchino Max J Claycomb - Onyx A Clemons - Kylie E Clowney - Gabriel B Clymer - James N Coley - William K Cooley - Ashley N Coronado - Michelle L Cowan - Richard D Craddock Jessica S Cramp - Janelle E Croissette - Kyle J Crouthamel - Edwin M Currier - Victoria M Dager - Citara L Davies - Fetalina A Davish Susan A Dawson - Kiersten N Deemer - April L Delikat - Joshua T Delk - Wyatt E DeLong - Elif Demirgil - Kylie E Derossi - Ryan C Dettrey - Zackory L Detweiler - Deena A DeVito - Brandon K Diaz - Derrick J Dieso - Anne M Dobson - Mark P Doman - Sara N Donahue - Shana L Dunbar - Austin M Dunkle - Nicholas R Dunn - Lindsay D Durkalec - Alex M Dyer - Elizabeth A Ebersole - Samantha S Effrig - John R Elliott - Jody-Ann C Evans Holly N Farr - Kelsey R Farrell - Jon M Farry - Megan S Fasy - Nancy L Fazio - Victoria E Feldmeier - Kanisha M Feliciano - Rachel E Finlayson - Zachary M Fino - Dominique G Fischer - Nathan L Flath - Julia M Fosbenner - Daniel W Frasch - Allison E Fraser - Logan P Freund - Jacob G Fuhrer - Norma C Funez - Emily K Galluppi - Tori L Gandy - Julissa M Garcia - Colin S Garrison - Jacqueline N Garry - Alec S Gerhart - Devaun C Geruntho - Alyssa M Gilley - John F Gilligan - Anthony R Giquinto - Alexa-Lynn H Glass - Miranda E Goepfert - Victoria A Gonzalez - Thomas M Grbas - Sharayah N Green - Amanda L Griffo - Emily M Grim - Quinton L Grimmer - Elvia Guzman - Cambria L Gysi - Cote D Haas Shayla M Hadley - Ava H Haekler - Allison G Hafner - Brenton C Haines - Trent A Hale Jessicalee A Hall - Alexander L Hann - Jenifer L Hathaway - Katherine M Heft - Brandon W Heichel - Drew M Heisey - Erin M Hendricks - Austin L Henry - Kelsey L Heston - Alex K Hetrick - Jonathan M Hickey - Merissa A Hilbert - Joseph A Hooven - Christopher E Horne - Brittany N Howell - Matthew W Howell - Jessica A Hudoka - Justin B Hughes - Sierra A Hughes - Jessica A Hunsberger Sarah B Hunsberger - Alicia L Illis - Mara E Imms-Donnelly - Nicholas D Jackson - Deserae L Jancsics - Heather A Janney Alayna M Jesiolowski - Esthefania Jimenez - Sam N Johnson - Sarah J Johnson - Alexis L Jones - Colin A Jones - Hannah I Jones Amanda S Kacerik - Leah A Kaighn - Brett W Kaseman - Ryan S Kehoe - James A Keller Thomas D Keller - Zachery S Keller - Collin A Kelly - Brian T Kendter - Shannon L Kenney Caroline F Kern - Heidi M Kern - Samantha A Kerver - Rachel M Keyser - Jonathon X Killaly - Dylan M Kinee - Trevor N King - Kelly A Kingsbauer - Kaitlyn M Kingsland - Maggie L Kingsland - Tammy L Kinnon - Justin D Klee - Marisa L Kling - Cory M Klock - Amanda M Kobrzynski - Marie D Koder - Mina C Koder Jasmine N Korr - Nicholas A Kramer - Morgan T Kraus - Candace L Krout - Connor J Kulp - Alexander D Lancaster - Brock D Lansberg - Nicholas S Lapinski - Madeline Laughlin - Brent S Leatherman - Ashley L Leight Breanna M Lewis - Brian K Lewis - Joseph A Lewis - Diane Lilman - Connor J Longacre - Meghan A Lopes - Austin T Lopez - Karen O Lopez - James C Lott - Ashley E Lynn Connor P Mackey - Sage N Malischewski - Tina M Mancinelli - Timothy D Marable Dean S Martin - Cristian F Martinez - Derek J Maseloff - Dajuan K Mason - Robert P Masusock - Summer L Matchett - Ashley M Mauger - Anastasia K Maxwell - Patrick T Maxwell - Casey J McCarthy - Jeremy T McCarty - Lauren A McChesney - William C McCune - Justin P McDermott - Dana A McGonigal - Chase J Mehrman - Hannah N Melroy - Amanda L Melso - Devin R Mensch Joseph A Merlo - Rachel N Mermon - Peter A Michael - Drew J Michener - James D Midkiff - Raymond J Miketta - Evelyn I Miller Nicholas A Miller - Destiny J Mitchell - Daniel M Monaghan - Kathleen M Montoney Thomas O Mooney - Alyssa M Moore - Evelia Morales-Zavaleta - Catrina R Moyer - Justin P Moyer - Mark A Mullen - Tyler T Mullen Zachary S Mullen - Jared D Mulligan - Daniel J Munsell - Maria C Murphy - Samantha B Murphy - Erik D Myers - John C Natali Gabriel A Nazario - Trevor S Neubert - Dylan J Nice - Jayme L Nichols - Erika L Nordquist Jennifer L ONeill - Melissa J Olimpo - Carley A Ott - Eric D Ott - Ian Painton - Alexander W Palmer - Michael Pappaterra - John Park - Colton J Parsons - Ferdinand H Pasquini Britney N Passerini - Kush J Patel - Trevor W Pegg - Andrew M Pepenelli - Brandon M Pfaff - Katrina M Pfeil - Joel A Porras Sarah E Post - Deanna N Pringle - Molly K Prosser - Jacob R Prusch - Alexis M Radick - Michael R Radzai - Logan T Ramirez Lindsey L Rathjens - Aaron S Ray - Christian J Benansua Rayborn - Devin G Reed - George E Reinheimer - Emily T Reis - Rowan J Reph - Molly A Rice - David J Richardson - Gordon A Ridgeway - Heather M Roach - William M Robbins - Rene C Rodriguez - Diomer Rodriguez - Angela Roloson - Stephanie M Rosenberger - Elizabeth W Rosencrans Benjamin J Rush - Olivia E Rutt - Robert T Samalonis - Nicholas E Samsel - Jonathan I Sanchez - Brianna M Sass - Jacob E Savitz Michael J Sawyer - Kayla V Schaffer - Isaac S Scheetz - Sara B Scheetz - Alexandria Schimpf - Cole O Schmidt - Christian G Schnitzler Justin R Schroy - Justin T Schwarz - Tyler D Seislove - Dustin D Sell - Jacob C Serok - Tyler D Shermer - Emily R Shewell - Rhett B Shewell - Justin W Silfies - Amber L Simmermon - Nicholas C Sinnott - Mikaila O Skaroff - Rachel M Sloss - Courtney E Smith - Jacob C Smith - Jeremy R Smith - John M Smith - Justin W Smoot - Scott A Snyder-Blaise Sodano - Gregory T Soldo - Evan C Soskin Katelyn M Sovorsky - Elizabeth A Stackhouse - Tyler T Stalletti - Danya L Standish - Ashley L Steich - Carter D Stein - Ashlyn C Steltz Matthew J E Stevens - Tara L Stine - Andrew J Strasburg - Sharron M Streletz - Lauren J Suelke - Hannah M Susavage - Isabella K Sutton - Christopher B Swanson - Timothy L Swartz - Hannah R Swearingen - Cailin M Sweeney - Thomas C Swope - Sarah A Taddei - Timothy C Taggart - Brittany L Terra - Stephanie A Thompson - Shane M Tighe Colette M Todd - Anaizha Toppin - Heather L Townsend - Jeffrey S Underkoffler - Nicholas P Unger - Shelby E Van Den Burg - Nicole M VanArtsdalen - Stephen E Vanyo - Shivani B Vashi - Andrew D Vera - Derek M Verguldi - Kathryne E Vetter - Richard W Volovnik Rebecca J Waddell - Kyndall A Wagonblott - Yolanda Waite - Nicole C Walker - Lindsay N Waters - Mackenzie G Watson - Amanda L Weaver - Thomas A Weaver - Luke J Wedgie - Roya J Weidman - Dylan J Weisbrod - Ryan L Weisel - Michael A Wenhold - Raymond T Werner - Jessica M Wheelin - Gregory L White - Stephanie A White - Daniel E Whitham - Michael J Whittington - Chabrin T Wilson - Jonathan A Winkler - Taylor J Winters - Rachel J Wireman - Craig C Wise Brett A Wolf - John J Wolf - Ashley W Wood - Ashley M Yakovich - Gary S Yakub - Brian C Yeatman - Scott D Young - Juan C Zavaleta
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Hearing Loss & Dementia

A study was published in the February 2011 of the Archives of Neurology linking the incidence of dementia to hearing loss. The article, Hearing Loss and Incident Dementia, was authored by six renowned researchers associated with Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. With more than 30% of people over the age of 60 exhibiting hearing loss, never before was a study completed that examined the incidence of dementia in those who have hearing loss. Their objective was to determine if hearing loss is associated with dementia and Alzheimers. There were 639 participants (age 36 90 y) of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who had audiometric testing and who were dementia-free in 1990-1994. Hearing loss was documented in 184 subjects. Diagnosis of incident dementia was made by consensus diagnostic conference. These individuals were followed until May 31, 2008. The results in this study showed that hearing loss, in older adults and often untreated, was strongly and prospectively associated with incident dementia. Even though this research is quite lengthy and a multitude of variables abound, more research is indicated. Interested readers should perform an internet search and read the exhaustive details for themselves. To make this information relative to you, hearing is probably your most important sense. As we age, changes are inherent in all aspects of our being. Some attempt to stop or slow the aging clock within through nutritional intake, physical exercise, mental stimulating tasks, staying active and involved in daily events. Presbycusis is hearing loss due to aging. We cant stop the natural progression of hearing loss. However, we can prevent acceleration in hearing loss in the presence of high intensity noise in the occupational, recreational, and non-occupational arenas. Using hearing protection devices (HPDs) such as ear plugs and/or earmuffs are a mainstay. The first and most important step in detecting hearing loss is to get your hearing evaluated by a certified & licensed audiologist today. If any hearing deficiency is detected, annual monitoring by having your hearing check will alert you to changes, precautionary measures to take, and awareness of state of the art digital hearing technology to help you. If you suspect that you or a loved one may have a hearing loss, call and schedule an appointment for an evaluation. If a hearing loss is documented and hearing aids are recommended to compensate for this loss, get those hearing aids now. No-interest financing is available through Care Credit. You dont know what youre missing. Better hearing adds to your self-esteem, personal image, social interaction, psychological well-being, and overall quality of life. Why suffer? Do something for yourself. Do it now. Get your hearing checked!
Mr. Murphy
ineural hearing loss all his life and is a binaural in-the-canal hearing aid user. sylvania since receiving his has hada bilateral mild-to-moderate sensor-

Mr. Murphy has been in practice in PennMaster of Education in Audiology from University of Virginia in the Spring of 1987. Mr. Murphy is affiliated with a number of hearing related national and international organizations. He can be reached at hearingdoc@aol.com and by phone at 215-804-1111.

What is Codependency?
As stated in last months article, codependency can be described as the set of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that can be somewhat encompassed as unhealthy caretaking. The codependent like the addict is in denial. They are so enmeshed with the addicts life and all that it encompasses that they are unable to see the truth because of their love and commitment to help the addict. As difficult as it is for the codependent to see that their behavior is harmful and unhealthy for the addict and themselves, it is imperative. Ultimately, the enabling will actually sabotage the addict because they are spared the logical consequences of their addictive behaviors. Moreover, it is always the consequences that eventually drive someone to recover. As they say in AA, No one stops because they see the light. They stop because they feel the heat. People dont stop drinking or using because they no longer like it. They stop when the consequences outweigh the perceived reward. There are some addicts however, that will take much longer in stopping their addiction. They will continue to use despite interventions, losses and consequences. Sobriety is such an individual process which is why each persons journey may be different and similar depending upon their lifes circumstances. Thus, the addicts journey impacts the codependents journey in getting better or worse. It is so important for the codependent to understand what their needs are in relation to the addict and whether or not they are unhealthy or

part

healthy needs. Once the codependent identifies their role and responsibility with the addict than they can set limits and boundaries and ultimately the goal to detach with love from the addict. The codependent will experience resistance from the addict whom will push limits, manipulate, control and do whatever is necessary to not change the dynamic of their relationship. The addict needs the codependent in order to stay in their addiction. In order to interrupt this toxic dance, the codependent must seek counseling or a support group to help them understand their thinking process and behaviors and develop healthy coping strategies. The key for the codependent is to accept responsibility for their role in their relationship with addict and define clear limits and boundaries for themselves. This is not an easy task for the codependent because they truly believe on a deep level that they can save the addict if only. It is very painful to walk away from this illusion and dynamic for fear of losing this relationship. With education and support, the codependent can learn how to change and set healthy appropriate boundaries and eventually accept that they are not responsible for the addict. This awareness is ultimately very liberating and can bring new hope of recovery to the addict. My belief is that all persons are truly greater than they think they are. My belief is that All persons are truly greater than they think they are.
Susan V. Brewer is a Certified Life Coach and Psychotherapist in the Upper Bucks County Area. She can be reached at 215-872-4219. Visit her website at www.balancelife4u.com.

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Joseph Swinney, a senior from Pennridge High School, has been named Student of the Month for May at the Upper Bucks County Technical School (UBCTS). Joseph has been enrolled in the Electrical Technology program for three years. Joseph has been named to the Distinguished Honor Roll at Pennridge High School, and also earned First Honors at UBCTS. He has been awarded the Outstanding Senior in Electrical Technology and is completing his third year of Perfect Attendance. He has also completed his OSHA 10-hour safety certification and participated in the UBCTS entrepreneurship program. Joseph is currently employed as a Cooperative Education student employed by Hunsberger Electric and will join the company full time upon graduation.

Cooley, Swinney UBCTS Students of the Month

William Cooley, a QCHS senior, was named Student of the Month for June at the Upper Bucks County Technical School (UBCTS). William has been enrolled in the Health Care Careers program for three years. The Health Care Curriculum has allowed him to work through clinical experiences at Doylestown Hospital, Grandview Hospital, Belle Haven, Lutheran Community at Telford and Rockhill Mennonite Community. William earned his Nurse Aide Certification, CPR/First aid and Bloodhorne Pathogens Certifications. He is currently completing a Pharmacy Technician Certification program offered as part of his Health Care Careers program. He is the Junior Varsity Captain of the QCHS Wrestling Team and has earned a Black Belt in Karate.

Vintage Swimsuits on the Market

I was one of those little kids who were often called a fish. You know the typea pint sized 3 or 4 year old who could swim like a champ and would rather spend all day playing underwater in a swimming pool than doing anything else. My Mom nearly drowned as a teenager and while she never learned to swim herself, she was adamant about giving me and my sisters swimming lessons. To her credit, all three of us are excellent swimmers today. My swimming abilities even helped pay for school. I swam competitively through my teens and early 20s and today, I enjoy swimming as my favorite form of exercise. It follows that investigating the history of the bathing suit is a topic of interest for me. It brings back happy memories of days at swim team practice and now relates to my work evaluating vintage objects. In the early years of the 20th Century, there were strict laws that required women to be fully clothed when taking a swim. The bathing suit requirements of the day included a non-form fitting costume that consisted of a dress, pantaloons, cap, and shoes. Most women obliged and frolicked in the waves in full length swimming attire while others took their chances with a more revealing bathing suit. Most woolen yes, that reads woolen as in wool-- swimsuits of the early decades of the 1900s were basic black. All of that changed in the summer of 1905 when Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman announced her desire to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. She attempted the feat amid controversy over her bathing suit. Kellerman sparked an international stir when she was arrested for wearing a onepiece woolen swimming suit. She omitted the pantaloons, cap, and shoes and started a tidal wave of talk. Obscenity laws aside, Kellerman started a swimsuit revolution. Roaring Twenties By the 1920s-30s, bright colors, synthetic fabrics, and a more feminine shape emerged in the style of swimsuits. The famous Jantzen swim suit manufacturing firm made the diving girl logo a beach blanket image and everything from billboards to bumper stickers donned the famous logo. In the 1940s, convertible straps which could be unfastened were introduced in part to prevent tan lines. Today, vintage swim suits bring high values on the vintage couture market. High-end swim suits from the 1950s like those designed by Christian Dior command $1000 to $2000 while more mainstream brands like Catalina dating to the mid 1900s are worth $50 to $350 per suit. The 1950s emphasized the hourglass figure with a bubble suit featuring cotton material and low cut top. The 1960s swimsuits saw an interest in showing off the mid-drift, too. Two piece polyester bathing suits of the era were still conservative and covered up ones belly button. By the 1970s, swim suits were a far cry from the cover-up everything style bathing suits of the early 1960s. Later, Speedo swimsuits from the 1980s featured Lycra materials and straightforward styles. American designer suits On the market, vintage swim suits in good condition always bring interest from collectors and celebrity suits are all the rage. A prominent example of the interest in the vintage swim suit market is celebrity suits. For instance, Pamela Andersons one piece red Speedo lifeguard bathing suit from her starring role on the widely popular hit TV show, Baywatch, recently sold for $275.

Pennridge Senior Joseph Swinney (left) was named May Student of the Month, and Quakertown Senior William Cooley (right) was named June Student of the Month, at UBCTS.

Where Overhead Projectors Go to Die

by christopher betz

The Quakertown Community School District held a surplus equipment yard sale on June 29 in the maintenance building at the districts Freshmen Center. Among the items were commercial food prep equipment, whiteboards, desks, chairs, televisions, shelving, tools, plenty of outdated audiovisual equipment, and a big chunk of metal with a smokestack on wheels. If in the market for a baby blue upright piano, one had his choice of two. The throng of buyers made quite a dent in the inventory in a matter of a couple hours with

much of the merchandise selling for only a dollar or two. The publisher of the Free Press made off with a large table-top paper cutter, wrestling it four times from the arms of other paper cutter enthusiasts, for a mere $2.00. With the top-down renovation of the high school well underway, storage space for these and other treasures has gone away. Some may wonder why the school district would ever store some of these items in the first place, but not I. The day of the film-strip projector, Betamax player, and tube television may come again and the buyers at this yard sale will be ready.

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Hidden Meadows Wins Award for Sellersville Fire Department Parade Float

Hidden Meadows on the Ridge won the Judges Award at the Sellersville Volunteer Fire Departments 125th Anniversary Parade. Several staff members created the 10-foot-long float honoring the services of local firefighters. Bill Kyttle and Laura Derstine stand alongside the float with the winning trophy displayed in the center. Staff and residents were happy to participate in the parade that wound through the streets of Sellersville. submitted photo

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Nikki: Lets get some exercise! Raja: You go ahead, Ill watch.
Bucks County SPCA has a pet for you, whatever your speed.
Raja has been waiting and waiting since December for someone to take him home. He is an stunning 8 year old neutered male. He came to the shelter as a stray. A sweet boy that loves to lounge around, he should do well in a home with children. He is litter box trained and tested negative for feline leukemia. Nikki is a 10 year old Boxer who is friendly and outgoing and loves affection! She definitely does not show her age, likes hanging around people and loves getting back scratches. Nikki is an active and busy girl. She will run around when people run, but didnt show much interest in toys here. Nikki knows how to sit, shake, and lie down. She enjoys meeting new people and may pull on a leash. She would be best in a home with children of five years or older. If you are interested in Raja, Nikki, or other pets waiting for homes at the Bucks County SPCAs upper Bucks shelter, you can call them at 267-347-4674, visit them online at bcspca. org, or visit the shelter at 60 Reservoir Road, just outside of Quakertown. Summer is kitten season when the shelter receives a larger than usual number of cats and kittens. Remember the Bucks County SPCA relies on private donations and can use your help. They would be grateful for donations of canned cat food to help them take care of the cats and kittens waiting for homes at the shelter.

Learning the Fun-damentals of Firefighting at Camp 56

by michele buono

Two dozen children, ages 5 13 years old enjoyed a one-day day camp experience unique to the area. Camp 56, the brainchild of Captain Charlie Barker of the Richland Township Fire & Rescue, was a big success in its debut on June 22. Staffed with enthusiastic volunteers from the Richland Fire Department, Camp 56 allowed children to experience several activities based on actual firefighter learning exercises. The kids took part in a Bucket Brigade, Hose Relay, an Agility Course, and an Egg-strication Exercise as well as learning more about firefighters, what they do, and teamwork. Amanda Barker stressed the importance of the children learning to work together to reach a goal. Mainly its all about teamwork, she said. She pointed to a group of children working to extricate themselves from a pretzel exercise where the goal was to not let go of each others hands while untangling the ring. They have to learn to work together, said Amanda. While the children had fun with all of the activities, the Hose Relay seemed a clear favorite. Armed with one-inch firehoses, the kids took turns aiming the water through a

hole in a target to fill buckets, which would then set off lights and alarms. After lunch the children were awarded certificates, photos of themselves in firefighter

gear, and other goodies. The volunteers of Richland township Fire and Rescue planning to host the day camp event again next summer. I had more fun than the kids, said Jim McIlvaine of Station 56.

One of the more common questions we hear from customers at the beginning of the summer is How do I securely delete the information on an old hard drive? Some want to upgrade to a new computer and donate their old machine to a friend or family member. Others plan on selling a used machine via Craigslist or Ebay. Still others are finally ready to scrap the computer theyve had sitting in the garage since last summer. Regardless of the reason for decommissioning a hard drive, knowing why and how to securely delete data is vital for protecting your identity and privacy. The most common reasons for securely deleting data are fairly obvious. If you dont delete the files off your drive at all, practically anyone can retrieve your usernames and passwords, bank account information, emails, health records, and other sensitive data left on the drive. This makes it easy for even a novice computer user to access your bank accounts, read your email, and peruse your health information. Furthermore, even if you delete the files, as long as you do not securely delete the data off the drive, a hacker or identity thief can still retrieve your personal information. Identity theft, however, is not the only threat caused by failing to securely delete data off an old drive. For example, one of our customers purchased a used laptop online, and when he received the computer, he found family pictures, personal letters, and other information left behind by the previous owner. While this data was not enough to enable identity theft, it did represent a significant breach in privacy. Though our customer was kind enough to have the data immediately removed, both the curious and the nefarious may not be so careful with your personal data. Unfortunately, it is much easier to understand why to securely delete data than it is to actually perform secure deletion. In most cases, selecting files and choosing delete only moves those files to a temporary waiting area (the Recycle Bin on Windows and the Trash on Mac OS). Data moved to these locations is not deleted from the computers list of files, and the operating system prevents them from being

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overwritten, so they are easily accessible. Choosing to permanently delete a file or emptying the recycle bin or trash is a little better because this causes the computer to remove the files from its file list. Though this would stop the average computer user from recovering your data, deleting the files using normal means does not actually purge them from the hard drive. While it removes the files from the computers file list, it does not change any of the data stored physically on your hard drive. This makes the data recoverable by special software that searches the physical drive for data instead of relying on the computers list. Luckily, there are two different ways to securely delete data from a hard drive. The easiest way to make the data on a drive completely inaccessible is by physically damaging the drive. If you no longer need your old hard drive, you can simply smash it with a hammer or drill some holds through it. Hard drives are incredibly sensitive devices, so physically damaging them makes it impossible to recover any of the data stored on them. Of course, if you destroy your drive it cannot be sold or donated. Though it is a little more difficult, securely deleting data using software allows you to reuse your hard drive. Searching online for secure deletion applications or file shredders will yield numerous free tools that perform secure deletion. Most tools work by physically manipulating the data stored on the drive. These tools change the bits that represent your files to gibberish values. After the data on your drive has been scrambled several times, even an experienced hacker cannot retrieve the data. Ultimately, securely deleting your data is an important practice if you want to recycle, donate, or sell an old computer. Leaving your data accessible could result in identity theft or invasion of privacy. Thankfully, by physically destroying your hard drive or by using a secure deletion tool, you can protect yourself from these threats. As always, if you are unsure about how to delete your data, consult a computer professional for help.
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Toms Help Desk is an independent business Milford Square serving the computer needs of area businesses and consumers. They can be reached at help@tomshelpdesk.net and by phone at 215-536-0831.

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