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DECEMBER 19-25, 2019
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Area firefighters hear ‘White Christmas’ Presentation on At the Roxy brings Christmas cheer to ‘Once-in-a-Career’ emergency Northampton
By KERI LINDENMUTH On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Roxy Theatre teamed up for their annual holiday tradition. Over 400 people attended a free showing of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas.” All who attended made a donation
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to the Northampton Area Food Bank. Between 35 and 40 boxes of food were donated to neighbors in need. “This is fun for everybody,” said Richard Wolfe, owner of the Roxy. “We really enjoy it.” This was the 16th year of the holiday movie tradition, and Tony Pristash’s last act as Northampton Area Chamber president. After 18 years, he will be stepping down. “This has been a board that cares about Northampton and just giving back,” he said. As moviegoers lined up outContinued on page 5
By KERI LINDENMUTH Over 200 firefighters and EMS volunteers from Northampton and Lehigh Counties gathered at Northampton Area High School to attend attend a valuable training that may help save the lives of their friends, family, and neighbors. ESI, the equipment provider for the Northampton Fire Department, sponsored the Dec. 9 event which focused on extracting trapped drivers from vehicles. The training was based on a 2014 Pennsylvania Turnpike accident, in which a driver needed to have his leg amputated in order to be freed from his vehicle. “It is a specific topic that, thank God, does not happen often,” said Ray Henry of ESI. Dr. David Jaslow, an EMS physician, was the responding physician at the scene in 2014. Since then, he has presented his experience at national conferences. He was proud to bring his story to local first responders.
also helped give the presentation. He was a first responder at the 2014 scene. The accident was the result of a box truck driver falling asleep at the wheel. He crashed into the guardrail of a bridge near the
Turnpike’s Lansdale exit. The truck flipped on its side, trapping the driver. Jaslow said first responders only have three hours to successfully extract a driver
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In a prolonged incident... We are working against the clock. Dr. David Jaslow
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Such a complicated accident, he said, is once-in-a-career. No one ever has enough experience. “[This training] will help them figure out what they would do if something like that would happen here [and] address it proactively,” he added. Alongside Jaslow, Chief Don Lynch of Harleysville Area EMS
Photo credit to John Demczszyn and the Atlas Cement Museum. Pictured “first delivery wagon.”
In today’s column, this writer and my friend Larry Oberly, with camera in hand, continue to remember the old Northampton Brewery that was located on Newport Avenue. The brewery was founded in 1903 by Kirsh Luckenbach and William Seisser. It was called the Laubach Brewery.
Old employees told me that besides their brewery operating, the railroad siding was really busy during the fall season competing with a cultural drink, wine. Many residents of Austrian-Hungarian heritage brought their wine-making skills to the Lehigh Continued on page 7