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Summertime shindig
Throop borough celebrates 125th birthday with a mammoth party BY CHRISTOPHER CORNELL ADVANTAGE EDITOR
hole tournament (with $1,000 in cash prizes), a performance by juggler Rob Smith and, at 8 p.m. Daddy-O and the Sax Maniax. Quasquicentennial. It’s a big word, not one you say every day. And there will be fireworks at dusk. But that’s what they’ll be celebrating in Throop Hose Co. No. 1 will hold a chicken Throop this weekend as the borough combarbecue dinner on Saturday and a pork memorates its 125th birthday, with an event barbeque dinner on Sunday. Dinner starts that includes games, rides, food, music and at noon and runs until they are sold out. lots of entertainment. Tickets are $9 and may be purchased by “We first discussed celebrating the 125th calling 570-383-1019 or from any member of anniversary of the borough’s founding in the hose company. 1894 during the fall of 2018,” recalled Andy Hegedus said the biggest challenge was Hegedus, chairman of the Throop Borough the tight timeline they were on to get the Quasquicentennial Committee, “and then, event organized. in January, council made the decision to “Then the booking of vendors, getting financially support and develop a borough- participants for the parade, booking enterwide celebration of 125 years of ‘people, tainment, logistics and planning.” pride and progress’ in the borough” to be Hegedus said volunteers are needed on held at Washington Street Park, WashingSaturday evening and Monday morning ton and Loftus streets. cleaning up the grounds. The free event will kick off on Saturday, “We are very proud of our Washington June 29, with a 5K walk/run that begins at Street Park and wish to continue to keep it 11 a.m. The park itself opens at noon. DJ in the magnificent condition that it always Rob Callis will be spinning tunes until 3 is,” he said. “It is one of the jewels of our p.m., followed at 4 by the Nothing Yet Band proud borough.” and at 8 by the Tommy Guns Band. Hegedus said he has been gratified by On Sunday, June 30, the park again opens “the group of people who early on felt the at noon, with Joe Stanky & the Cadets takcalling to get involved and become part of ing the stage at 1 p.m. Also at 1 p.m., there the committee. I thank each and everyone will be a firefighters’ parade. The route will one of them for their efforts.” be Sanderson Street to Cypress Street to Members of the committee include RichMurray Street. Sunday afternoon’s enterard Kucharski, Throop Borough Council tainment will include a clown/magic show, president; Charlene Tomasovitch, council a performance by the band Kartune, a corn- member and committee treasurer, Bill Shevchik, committee member; Elizabeth Luchansky O’Brien, committee member; and Mayor Joseph Tropiak, committee member and committee historian. “I wish to thank everyone from the TS_CNG/ADVANTAGE/PAGES [A01] | 06/27/19
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The organizing committee includes, from left: Charlene Tomasovitch, Andy Hegedus, Liz Luchansky O’Brien, Rich Kucharski, Bill Shevchik and Mayor Joe Tropiak. committee, the vendors, the parade participants, the residents of the borough, Throop Borough Department of Public Works and anyone that I may have inadvertently omitted,” he added, noting that this event “has been one of the most fulfilling moments of my life as a resident of this
magnificent borough.” Hegedus said, however, that the best is yet to come. “The greatest gratification for me will be the smiling faces of everyone who attends and participates in the celebration. It’s going to be Throoptastic.”