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70th Year, Issue No. 39 USPS 248-700

September 29-OCTOBER 5, 2011 A General Circulation Newspaper Serving The Community Since 1942

SERVING BATH, CHAPMAN, NORTHAMPTON, NAZARETH BOROS; ALLEN, E. ALLEN, MOORE, LEHIGH, BUSHKILL, LOWER NAZARETH & UPPER NAZARETH TWPS.

School board shown NASD PSSA scores much improved

By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News

Model Rotation Grazing Project 726 Orchard Rd., Mt. Bethel, PA 18343 The Bangor Area School & Martins-Jacoby Watershed Association have created a 68 acre rotational grazing project with the help of local farmer, Richard DiFebo of Harvest Home Meats LLC. The project fences grazing sites and manages pastures and animals in a manner that is a positive benefit for the farmer, animals and the environment.

The Open Gate Farm Tour is an educational program of

RODNEY JARINKO of Moore Township received Penn State Extension two state citations honoring him for his 30 years as a supervisor. State Northampton County Rep. Marcia Hahn presented one of them. Jarinko is now seeking For more information(See aboutstory on We willaoffer walking and tours of beef return to hayride the board ascattle an independent candidate. grazing on pastures, walking tours of woodland and other Extension educational photo 7.)discuss benefits of the watershed. – Contributed wetlandpage areas and programs:

From Easton area take Rt. 611 North for 17 miles, after passing thru village of Stone Church make a left on Orchard Rd., approximately ½ mile on left (prev. Ott Tree Farm site).

Bath Community Day This Saturday http://extension.psu.edu http://extension.psu.edu/ northampton

With a series of slides, Dr. Kathleen Ott of the administration showed the School Board on Monday that all of the schools in the Northampton Area School District have made Adequate Yearly Progress, a benchmark on the P.S.S.A. tests that the district has reached for the first time. The scores rated the district and the individual schools – elementary, middle, and high schools. In all cases, the percentage of improvement was made in attendance / graduation, participation in the 2011 Open Gate P.S.S.A. , and performance on the state tests that brought Farm Tour higher scores in math, reading, writing, science. Saturday and and Sunday Although October 8th and significant 9th Noon -evident 4pm growth was in all of the schools, including

Juniperdale Farms

1015 Browntown Rd., Nazareth, PA 18064

The sixth annual Bath Community Day will be held this Saturday, Oct. 1 from 11am to The nearest highway isat 33. If comingCowling from 22 or 78 take 33 5:00pm Ciff Field, North to the Belfast exit. When you come to a 4 way stop St, offRd.Route turn leftAllen and go about 1/2 Bath mile. Turn(just right Fulmer 512). Sponsored by The Bath From 80 take 33 South to 512 exit. Take left onto 512 to Business & 2Community light and take a right. Proceed miles and turn left on PartFulmernership, Rd. Community Day been put together for the R.C. has Sons Garden Center & Greenhouses young folks, as well as the 5880 Front St. Easton., PA 18040 (outside Martins Creek) ‘young at heart!’ Children’s Relax with scenic country view music, of our family owned events, live foodand and operated garden center and greenhouses. Offering thousands fun ornamental are scheduled for the of fall mums, cabbage, snow pansies, uniqueday. perennials,There’s shrubs, trees and aquatic plants and fish. and a an art show Tour our mumparade field and garden center. The children pet scheduled forwillthe love the fish and lily ponds. day, with plenty of crafters and business vendors scheduled Rt. 33—Take Stockertown exit (Rt. 191). Go to traffic light toSt. be on hand. For lovers, on Main in Stockertown, turn right. Go food to next light (Uhler there Rd) and make a left.be Through next lightto and stop will plenty choose sign. Go down hill and to top of next hill. Center on the left. from - barbecue and hot dogs, peach cobbler and more. For those who would rather just kick back and relax, bring a chair (don’t forget a blanket) and stay a while to enjoy the live bands and entertainment, SWIM, Christian rock, Sing for America, and the rock band Band From The Ranch will all be performing on the main stage. There will also be karate demonstrations and Zumba on the field. The pet parade registration begins at 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in different categories for the best dressed up Family run Dairy Farm with field crops. Produce stand family run. Brian and Eva Fulmer with their children, nieces and nephew. Open April to November 10 am to 6pm Mon thru Sat. 10am to 5pm on Sunday. Phone 610-217-7203 for info.

Where trade names appear, no discrimination is intended, and no Penn State encourages individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing special accommodations or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact (610) 746-1970 before your visit.

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Trophy drive continues For young cancer patients

The ongoing drive to collect unwanted trophies for children at the Outpatient Children’s Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital continues this Friday at the Bath Farmers Market and this Saturday at Bath Community Day. You can drop off your used and unwanted trophies at either event. The Bath Farmers Market is this Friday from 3-7 p.m. Continued on page 4

• Closing arguments will be made by the district’s attorneys at a final meeting of the East Allen Township Zoning Hearing Board on October 18 regarding the zoning of land where the district wants to build a new middle school. • A hearing would be held on Tuesday (Sept. 27) in Northampton County Court on the Lehigh Elementary solar array that was proposed. A similar hearing will be held on Oct. 25 in county court about the Moore Elementary solar panels. Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, Center Valley, were approved by a 6-3 vote to represent the school district in any and all matters related to hearings, proceedings or appeals before the East Allen Township ZHB Continued on page 9

17 locations to visit Oct. 8-9 on Extension open gate farm tour

Or call 8:00 am—4 pm

pet. This weekdays year’s art tent has an audience choice top prize of $100 cash. Arrive early to enter your piece into the show by 9:30 a.m. Besides crafters and vendors, local businesses, charities and non-profit organizations are also taking part. An ongoing trophy drive is being held, unwanted trophies can be dropped off at the event. Be sure to stop by the BBCP tent for more information on volunteering in your community as well as the opportunity to pick from the lucky ducky pond to win prizes. For more information please visit www. bathborough.org.

Northampton Borough Elementary, Moore Elementary, George Wolf Elementary, and Lehigh Elementary, and the Middle School and High School, Dr. Ott said, they are “working hard” to do even better. “We definitely made progress and it shows in the percentages that were higher in 2010, and we will work hard to continue the progress that has been made,” she said. Modified P.S.S.A. tests are also given to special education students in math and reading. Overall, the administration takes initiative to raise scores, there is after school testing, and reading apprenticeship. Other Matters Schools Superintendent Joseph Kovalchuk gave this report to the school directors:

For families who would like [Enjoy an afternoon visiting to get out in the open and see local farms, talking with and what’s behind the scenes farmers and learning how on the fields of Northampton your food is produced on our County, thefarms. Penn State Extension open gate farm tour onPresented Saturday by: and Sunday, Oct. Extension 8-9Penn is State made just for them. Northampton County They can spend a full afternoon on both days visiting local farms and learning how the food for their families’ nutritional needs are produced. The tour goes from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday next weekend. This is what’s on the docket –– 17 locations in all: •Amore Farms 6821 Steuben Road, Nazareth program of the College of Agricultural Sciences

Hayrides, pick your own pumpkins and gourds, corn maze, puzzle woods, fresh fruits and vegetables, thousands of mums, wine tasting, self guided vineyard

Activities include pumpkin painting and colonial crafts for children, demonstrations of colonial cooking in the summer kitchen and self guided tours of the house and barn.

2 miles north of Route 22 on Route 512. •Burnside Plantation— Sunday only! 1461 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem Burnside Plantation is a 6 ½ acre farm museum interpreting farm life from the mid 18th to the mid 19th centuries. It includes a farm house, gardens and heritage apple orchard. The Bethlehem Police horses are housed on site.

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Educational Activity: Stadium Style Straw Bale Food Pyramid, historical corn maze, brain teaser puzzle woods. Learn about wine tasting.

Take the Eighth Avenue North exit off of Route 378. At the intersection of 8th Avenue and Eaton Avenue, turn right onto Eaton Avenue. After one

Hearing on November 16 to Change zone use for university By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News

East Allen Township’s Board of Supervisors on Thursday set a date for a hearing to change part of a zoning district that would allow a proposed university to locate here. Solicitor Joseph Leeson is drafting a zoning ordinance amendment that would add a University Planned Development as a right to be included

in the present Agricultural/ Rural Residential zone. The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. Representatives of the proposed university attended the meeting on Thursday and were in agreement with the date. They left after it was set, offering no comment. Also in Leeson’s report, correspondence with the Upper Nazareth Township solicitor Continued on page 13

Jess Wong of Dreamville Bake shop in Bath shares her love for finely baked goodies with Donna Braden of Jacks Glass at a joint Chamber Mixer last week. The Mixer hosted by LeBeam and Bethlehem Chambers was held in Bethlehem and helped kick off last weekend’s Celtic Fest.


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