The Bradford/Sullivan Farm Bureau will holds its annual meeting at the Wysox Fire Hall on October 4th, public welcome. Reception at 7:30 p.m. with dinner following at 8 p.m. Cost is $15 and RSVP is due by September 27th. Please plan on attending to vote in the election of directors and on policy resolutions. Call Barb Warburton (924-3984) or Charlotte Lyon (297-4269) to RSVP.
Now man and his best friend can team up together in the fight against cancer. Bark for Life is an American Cancer Society event designed especially for dog lovers. Dogs and their two– legged loved ones join together to walk a one–mile course and enjoy a canine carnival–like atmosphere with dog contests, music, food, vendors, and raffles. Throughout the event, we will remember loved ones (both two– and four–legged) we have lost to cancer. A Bark for Life is being held on September 29 at Riverfront Park in Towanda, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. There will be a dog walk, prizes, canine demonstrations, entertainment, food, and much more. This is a fund raising event to support local Relay for Life activities, and teams from throughout Bradford and Sullivan Counties are invited to participate. Area teams are encouraged to attend to support their group’s efforts, and can set up to raise money for their individual teams. If you have any questions, you may contact Roy Woodruff at (570) 265-8497 (home), at (607) 331-4254 (cell), or at roywoodruff@cqservices.com.
Area senior citizens can learn more about the latest scams and frauds by attending a free seminar hosted by Rep. Tina Pickett and presented by the Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General. The seminar, called the Senior Crime Prevention Seminar, will be held Friday, Sept. 21, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Sons of Italy Club, located at 301 Desmond St., Sayre. Topics to be covered include identity theft, home improvement rip-offs, foreign lottery schemes, telemarketing fraud and sweepstakes scams. Reservations are appreciated by calling her district office at (570) 265-3124 or (570) 888-9011.
At the Dushore Tuesday Book Club picnic at Worlds End State Park on August 21 the guest speaker was Rose Norris. Her husband Mike trains search and rescue dogs. He has worked with the dogs locally to find missing persons at both Worlds End and Ricketts Glen State Parks. Mike and Rose have three dogs they are training and using for search and rescue. They own two dogs and are fostering one. Search and rescue dogs are trained the same way a pet is trained to be obedient by letting the animal know what activities are acceptable. For instance, if you don’t want your dog to lie on your furniture, you have to be firm and never let them on the furniture. Once you give your OK that they can get on a chair, sofa or bed, the dog thinks it will be alright to lay there until he is told to get down. The same holds true for letting a dog beg for food while the family is eating. Special training for search and rescue dogs involves training the dog to find things. Dogs have a very sensitive sense of smell. They can smell a person’s odor from objects that an individual has worn or touched. The dog is trained by giving them a ball, watch, shirt or shoe
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Come view history fi rst hand! On September 22 the French Azilum is hosting “Mountain Men, Native Americans, Continental Militia Men, and Revolutionary War soldiers” as well as other demonstrators and speakers at the French Azilum Historic site to celebrate life as it was during the late 1700’s. The event is from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students, FA members and 12 and under are free. All day there will be live demonstrations of black powder shooting as well as tomahawk and atlatl dart throwing. Experience firsthand the thunder of black powder muzzle loaders, the “whack” of tomahawks and throwing knives, and the graceful flight of an arrow or atlatl dart while learning about the technology available to early American settlers both in warfare and in everyday life. There will also be live demonstrations on friction fire building, hide-tanning, and other traditional crafts of the time period. There will also be several historic presentations; at 1:30 Brad Flint will present the Native American Iroquois and Colonial influence, at 2:30 Bob Veleker will speak on American Revolution and the French settlement at ‘Azilum’ in 1793. The SRAC (Susquehanna River Agrological Center) will have tables set up to show different artifacts that have been found in our own back yard of the Susquehanna. For more information please
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