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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR PRESIDENT Matthew J. McLaughlin Founder EDITOR Amy Hines CREATIVE DIRECTOR Scott Westgate ART DIRECTOR Keith Brinker PRODUCTION ARTIST Megan Corcoran GRAPHIC DESIGNER Shannon Welsh

Dear Readers, It’s been said that April showers bring May flowers. If only it were that easy.

Every year around this time we find ourselves weeding, digging, planting, fertilizing, watering… and waiting. With every glance out the window and every stroll around the yard, we hope to see the first flower peeking through, bringing new color, life and energy to our homes.

The good news is that no matter your level of knowledge or experience, you can make it happen.

And, to help you out, we bring you this May issue of Marketplace, chock-full of information to foster your green thumb.

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ful gardens. She reminds us that it is important to fertilize because most soils do not provide

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here in the Lehigh Valley that can help you grow healthier, more productive and more beautithe essential nutrients required for optimum growth. JR Peters, a family-owned, international go hungry!

If you are having trouble planning your garden landscape and you aren’t sure what flowers will bring color all year long? Turn to our Home department on page 68 where Kate D’Imperio tunes you in to pretty perennials and which to plant when. She spoke to an area expert who offers tips on how to care for your flowers. And, she even shares how to have a little fun with color schemes and texture.

For those who love flowers but not planting – or if you have nowhere to grow your garden – Kelly

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DEPARTMENTS 10

PRIDE OF PLACE

JR Peters 16

LOCAL COLOR

And the Winner is...

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GOOD TASTE

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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Making it Work: When Millenials Move Back Home

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PRIDE OF PLACE I BY ANN WLAZELEK

JR PETERS

The idiom “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” aptly describes the Upper Macungie Township plant food maker JR Peters, Inc. The family-run fertilizer business began in the basement of an Allentown home and now sells to greenhouse growers around the globe.

“We make water-soluble fertilizer for greenhouses and nurseries” from Kutztown to South Korea, said Dr. Cari Peters, a third-generation vice president in charge of research and development and laboratory services. “Our company is known as an innovator of the newest, most technically advanced blend for growing materials.”

It was Cari’s grandfather, chemist Bob Peters, who first began testing soil and tinkering with plant nutrients in the basement of his mother’s house on Pennsylvania Street in Allentown more than 67 years ago. The fertilizer company he started in 1947 at 9th and Gordon streets was among the first in the country to blend plant life minerals such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Back then, in the 1950s, that was a huge deal because before that growers bought each mineral separately.

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JR PETERS Bob Peters would talk to greenhouse growers about plants and flowers that turned yellow or took a long time to grow.

He would test the soil and then bring them the proper mix and ratio of nutrients to help the plants thrive.

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So successful was his company that it outgrew its city plant and, in 1979, moved to a larger location off of Snowdrift Road in Upper Macungie. Maryland-based chemical conglomerate W. R. Grace & Co. bought his business in 1980. Although Bob and his son Jack continued to work there, their signature blue “Peters Professional Plant Food” name ceased to exist under corporate ownership.

Seventeen years later, Jack Peters and his wife, Cheryl, bought the business back to keep it in the Lehigh Valley. They reintroduced and renamed the Peters family blend as “Jack’s” fertilizers. Jack, now CEO and Cheryl, who contributes design and graphic advice, remain active in the family business.

Jack’s is sold to independent garden centers throughout the Lehigh Valley, the United States and internationally. “We don’t sell to chains,” Dr. Peters said of the family business’ core value to support smaller, independent businesses.

Peters sells the same product to home gardeners that it sells to professionals, just in smaller quantities: 8-ounce tubs instead of 50-pound bags. The product is water-soluble, or easily mixed with water, so that when the plants “drink” it, they absorb 100 percent of the nutrients. “It is the only true grade professional fertilizer the homeowner can buy,” said John Raymond, company president, chief operating officer and husband of Carli Peters. “We don’t compromise on quality.”

Becky Short, president of the Allentown Garden Club, vouches for JR Peters’ products, having used them for years on her gardens in Salisbury Township.

She even purchased a professional applicator from the company to spray

large areas of plants at one time.

“My husband and I are devoted gardeners as you can imagine and our garden has been featured in print ads, commercials and magazines,” she said, sharing a photo of a tall, red castor bean plant in one of her flower beds. “As you can see, it is healthy and very happy!”

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Jeff Segan, founder of Segan’s Bloomin’ Haus, also swears by the fertilizers made in the Lehigh Valley by JR Peters. He appreciates that the company does not dilute its professional strength products.

“We really push the product on customers because we know their plants will do so much better if they use it,” he said. “They will be totally amazed at the difference.”

Segan jokes that offering “Jack’s” at his Bloomin’ Haus is a bit like asking fast food customers, “Do you want fries with that?” The result, however, is that Segan’s is one of JR Peters’ biggest independent marketers.

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Even Jack Peters benefitted from his namesake product, using Jack’s in the early 1990s to grow a 600-pound pumpkin, one of the largest in the Northeast at the time.

JR Peters employs 26 people, including a dozen workers who produce the fertilizer – some 20 million pounds a year.

The third generation members of the Peters family have streamlined the operation, reducing waste and energy consumption. Product that falls on the floor is sold in barrels to farmers. And, like the plant life it sustains, JR Peters derives some of its energy from the sun through a solar field.

“We look for ways to operate efficiently and reduce energy consumption to go greener,” Raymond said.

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JR PETERS ters’ key market is the horticulture industry and many of the largest are located in the Northeast. Although the company exports to countries around the world, including Japan, Italy and Greece, having 30 percent of its greenhouse customers nearby “gives us a good advantage,” Raymond said. “There are not many water soluble manufacturers in the country and we are the only one in this region.”

Another advantage is JR Peters’ laboratory, which Cari Peters runs. This time of year, customers are growing lots of little plant plugs and if they are looking sickly, the lab tests the nutrients in the soil to diagnose and suggest a cure.

“Our competitors don’t have that” service, she said, nor do they have direct access to the scientists.

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Cari Peters received her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and a master’s and PhD in plant sciences with a concentration in horticulture from the University of Maryland, but says she learned all she knows about fertilizer blending and the chemistry behind it from her father and grandfather.

Her Valley roots run deep. “This is our home,” she said. “There’s nothing negative, only good people to draw from.”

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The Lehigh Valley has long had a burgeoning music scene – from Lillian Briggs to Dooley Invention to Magnum to Taylor Swift – but, until 1999, there were only the usual ways of recognizing the players’ and singers’ accomplishments. Regular paying gigs are rewarding, and you can’t beat a devoted fan base… but there’s nothing quite like being called on-stage to receive a tangible symbol of your success.

All of that changed with the Lehigh Valley Music Awards (LVMA) program, an annual event that’s co-sponsored by the Greater Lehigh Valley Music Association (GLVMA) and ArtsQuest. In just 16 years, LVMA has become the 17th largest regional awards program in the U. S., and the largest in Pennsylvania. It’s all coordinated by LVMA president Ricardo Flores and board member/Grammy winner Gloria Domina.

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LVMA ELECTION Everyone casts their votes online, or with a write-in ballot. And while fans of all stripes are welcome to pick favorites in that division, industry voting is restricted to those in that end of the business.

“We did that because we think they’ll have a better understanding of those aspects of the music business itself,” Flores said. Those voters are identified by occupation and work location; and if there are any questions, the LVMA committee will follow up.

“Ultimately, our goal is to have an independent third-party handle all the qualifying and vote tallying,” he adds. “We want to be there to present the awards, and be completely separate from the selection process.”

The winners’ names are withheld (except for special award recipients, such as Jay Proctor, this year’s “lifetime achievement” winner, marking his 50 years in showbiz) until the ceremony itself.

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This year, special awards were also bestowed on the legendary Chubby Checker, and J. T. Carter, founder of doo-wop group the Crests. Fittingly, Carter sang “Sixteen Candles,” the group’s biggest hit, during the presentation of a 16th-anniversary cake to the GLVMA.

“May I have the envelope, please…”

But there are offstage winners, too. For the second year, LVMA awarded scholarships to about a half-dozen budding high school musicians.

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“We do this because there’s a thriving music community that needs more exposure,” Domina said. “Our mission is not to fabricate things, but to help uncover and support what’s already out there. There’s music in your backyard that’s as good as what’s on the radio.”

A packed Musikfest Café raved as 70 awards were handed out.

Among the major winners were:

SCOTT MARSHALL Best album, Best song, Outstanding country band/soloist, Outstanding Americana band/soloist, and Recognition as a 20-year veteran

Outstanding singer/songwriter, Female artist, All-around performer, and Female vocalist

JAMES SUPRA Best harmonica player… for the 16th time!

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The Dime is one of the newest additions to the burgeoning Allentown restaurant scene and it is very impressive. Shiny dark floors and wooden wall accents lead to the hostess desk where we were shown to the bar to have a drink. I felt like I was sitting at the Landmarc on Columbus Circle in New York gazing at the recently refurbished statue of Christopher Columbus as we overlooked the Soldiers and Sailors Monument at 7th and Hamilton.

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We were shown to our table at one of the marble Chef’s Tables adjacent to the open kitchen. Also next to the kitchen is a private dining room, which was hosting a party the evening we were there. Even though we were in close proximity to the kitchen everything is glass-buffered so it was not noisy.

Kaitlin, our server, was quick to our table with individual tablets displaying The Dime’s menus with colorful photos. Since we visited during Allentown’s Restaurant Week, we opted for the prix fixe special menu and added a few items for tasting. Sandi and I started by sharing the Housemade Chips with Caramelized Onion dip. These dark russet chips were delicious – crispy but not at all greasy. We both agreed that this appetizer could be dangerous while sitting at the bar.

Next, we tasted the three vegetable appetizers on the menu. Our favorite, by far, were the Salt-Roasted Beets with whipped Goat Cheese and Lemon Viniagrette. These were exceptional. The sweet beets were enhanced by the sea salt and the cheese was warm and delicious with a perfect dressing. Coming in second were roasted Heirloom Carrots with Avocado Mousse and toasted pistachios. We loved the different textures in this dish and the avocado was perfect with the sweet carrots.

Sandi ordered the Fennel Crusted Cod served with Braised Escarole, Flageolet beans and roasted tomatoes. This dish was outstanding. The cod was very fresh and the sauce, although very rich did not overpower the delicate taste of the fish.

There is a very talented cast of professionals in the kitchen who have created a menu of locally inspired and locally sourced Pennsylvania American Cuisine.

I ordered the Bison Bolognese served atop whole wheat pasta.

The savory rich beefy sauce was wonderful on the housemade pasta. I do not eat a lot of beef these days but this was wonderfully delicious. We sipped glasses of Columbia Crest Merlot and Sledgehammer Cabernet with our meals and they were perfect.

Everyone is very friendly at The Dime. We had the pleasure of meeting The Dime’s Restaurant Manager Rodrigo Marin who stopped by our table throughout the evening answering questions and checking to be sure all was okay. I also spoke with Kyle Workman who hails from PF Changs in Warrington and together 22

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There is a very talented cast of professionals in the kitchen who have created a menu of locally inspired and locally sourced Pennsylvania American Cuisine.

Executive Chef Jason Viscount is a native of York, Pennsylvania and attended the Restaurant School of Philadelphia.

Chef Jason was not working the evening we visited but I had the pleasure of chatting with Executive Sous Chef David Troxell who is an award-winning chef with an experience history including Executive Chef of Hotel Bethlehem. He holds the prestigious title in the restaurant industry of Vice Conseiller Culinaire from Chaîne des Rôtisseurs.

For dessert, we tried two – the Pink Lemonade Sorbet served with sous vide strawberries and lavender shortbread as well as the Orange Panna Cotta with Vanilla Cardamom ice cream and poached fruit. We loved both desserts and just when we were sipping coffee and thought we were done, a third dessert tasting arrived at our table – Nutella Hazelnut Cake with pretzel chips and hazelnut brittle. It is one of The Dime’s signature dishes and it was incredible. Try it.

We were very impressed by extra touches at The Dime, especially the fine glassware, quality silverware, special napkins and exceptional cleanliness within the kitchen and dining areas right down to the ladies room. There are wood and tile floors in the trafficked areas but rugs on the floor muffling the sounds in the dining room where the tables are wellspaced along the windows and where leather banquettes line wooden walls that resemble wine casks. The decor is very unique and we loved it.

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In college I had to take an art class so I chose watercolor. It was there I discovered I am great at painting bananas. For real. Still life – a banana. Landscape – a banana tree. Abstract – dancing bananas. However, it was also there that I discovered that if it is NOT a banana, I stink at painting.

ries and cream or cotton candy? Can’t go too light you know. Don’t want her to look anemic. How about a nice merlot or cranberry? Wait… can’t go too dark. Don’t want our Mrs. Snowman to look like Mrs. So when I had the opportunity to take some painting classes for this article, half of Trampy Snowman. me was intrigued. The other half of me cringed because THAT half remembered my limited talent.

While my daughter is making all of her “stars” in the midnight sky heart shaped, More and more, studios are popping up all over the Lehigh Valley. My 8-year-old and I I’m perplexed. Should I have a moon in visited a local studio that had a Mother/Daughter Painting class. The theme: snowmen. the night sky or just stars? If a moon, That was a selfish move on my part. White circles. I could do white circles right? what kind of moon? Should I make it a full moon, a waning gibbous, or a waxMy favorite part of that class was watching the little girls paint. They stand up, they sit ing crescent? And which hemisphere are down. They blow the hair out of their eyes, they sing. They giggle and they paint like we viewing this moon from… northern or there is no tomorrow. But the best thing about little girl painting - they make choices southern? Decisions. quickly and they commit.

It was in that class, consumed by my inWhile my daughter is putting earrings and eyelashes on her snowlady, I am over think- ability to make a decision regarding a ing it. Just how MUCH red should I use for Mrs. Snowman’s cheeks – should I go ber- moon, I realized, I have to paint with the

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spirit of an 8-year-old. This is fun. “Type A Kelli” needs to make this fun. Look at my kid over there. She’s having a ball. So what if the thing sticking out of Frosty’s head resembles more of a sneaker than a carrot. She’s having fun, and she’s doing this right.

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PAINT Roey Ebert is the owner and has a very hip artsy vibe to her. Her studio showcases paintings from top to bottom on all four walls. It seats about 40 but still has an intimate feel to it. There are different sized blank canvases to choose from when you enter, and the proper brushes and paints are laid out for you already.

When the class started, Roey got on her stage at the front of the studio and started her demonstration painting.

She walked us through, step-by-step, the placement of each letter. She also suggested color options, shading details, background options, brushes to use… you name it, she helped. But not in a DO IT THIS WAY kind of way. She merely suggested and finished

each suggestion with, “or do whatever you might want to do.” There are no rules.

Well, there is one rule in Roey’s studio. No one can use rulers. A tough pill for Type A’s like me to swallow but… “don’t over think it Kelli. It will be fine,” I told myself.

I took that “do whatever you might want to do” advice and rolled with it. When the others were shading their perfectly aligned LOVE with complimenting tones, I was painting my catawampus LOVE deep blood red. No shading. Just red.

When others were painting their backgrounds full of building silhouettes of beautiful downtown Philadelphia or the tall regal trees of the real Love Park, I chose black, Yep. Black. My interpretation: the park at night.

When others were putting their final finishing touches on their tree leaves or building windows, I was looking around the studio for glitter. Found it! And I threw it on my painting like an elementary school girl. I was channeling my inner 8-year-old. And it felt great!

So my advice to you: Go paint! Many studios are BYOB so gather some friends, grab some wine and go have fun. If you are a Type A, take your kid with you and learn from them. It is a fun night out.

In the end, Roey said my painting was very Rock and Roll. I’ll take that. But it’s no banana.

Roey Ebert donates all of her demonstration paintings to the Lehigh Valley Hospital Pediatric Unit. Her paintings hanging on the wall of the unit adding a bit of homey color and cheer.

And when a child is released from the hospital, they get to take the painting of their choice home with them.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE I BY RUTH HEIL

THE BUSHKILL STREAM CONSERVANCY: Partnering for Conservation Success When busy people volunteer for time-consuming tasks, you can believe they care about what they are doing.

One such collective of civic-minded volunteers run Northampton County’s Bushkill Stream Conservancy (BSC). By giving a platform to what is otherwise voiceless, this diverse group of about two dozen folks is shedding light upon the importance of this quiet stream.

The Bushkill (and tributaries such as Sobers Run and the Little Bushkill) flow from Blue Mountain through Jacobsburg State Park and Stockertown before feeding into the Delaware River in Easton. It shares a name with the tourist-attracting Bushkill of Pike County (of Resica and Bushkill Falls fame) but is an entirely separate stream.

The BSC began in 1991 when a group of local businesspeople, educators and citizens saw an opportunity to create a recreational trail corridor on land near the stream – once a railroad passageway. Interest in the stream grew, and the need for conservation was acknowledged.

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“I spent the majority of my childhood along either the Bushkill Creek or Delaware River. Now as an adult I find myself drawn back and especially love sharing the resource with young people.”

– Joe Baylog, Trout Unlimited

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RIGHT: VOLUNTEER THOM BEVERLY COLLECTING A WATER SAMPLE FOR BACTERIA TESTING PHOTOS BY CHUCK HARTWAY

Through extensive collaboration with kindred organizations, the group has evolved to lead award-winning projects, monitor and protect water quality, conduct studies and advise municipal officials, encourage learning and enjoyment and more. Grants fund all its work, essentially funneling money into the community, and the list of partners is long.

“That’s primarily what the Bushkill Stream Conservancy is: It’s a public-private partnership,” said Kathy Altmann, a board member for approximately eight years who is now the Conservancy’s president.

One strong partner is the Forks of Delaware Trout Unlimited. Since the Bushkill is a Class A wild trout stream, “TU’s mission is a great complement to the stewardship that the BSC provides,” said Joe Baylog, the chapter’s president. “I spent the majority of my childhood along either

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Now as an adult I find myself drawn back and especially love sharing the resource with young people. The Bushkill is an incredibly diverse recreational and educational opportunity that we feel just needs to be rediscovered by our communities.”

Altmann is also motivated by a love for the outdoors. She believes many our human problems are related to a “nature deficit,” and thus sees infinite possibilities in the BSC’s work.

POLLINATOR GARDEN Through the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, BSC received a grant from the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation to install two pollinator gardens at the Easton Children’s Home this year. The Home – a respite where children are taught a sense of well-being and responsibility – is installing orchards and vegetable gardens.

In addition to providing food for the facility, the gardens will be a teaching tool for environmental stewardship, life skills, and as the plan progresses, even agricultural entrepreneurship.

Meanwhile, the flowering plants will boost production by attracting bees and the like. They will also bring the topics of native-plant ecology and pollination to the teaching table. One 20-squarefoot pollinator garden will be located in the center of the vegetable garden and a second will be near a pavilion and herb garden. A five-year plan includes maintenance and upkeep.

Joe Judge, BSC board member and master gardener with thousands of volunteer hours will help with plant selection and planning. He has introduced gardening to troubled kids in the past, and has seen how it can help them. Judge said, “I hope that they take a little bit of something that we talk about with them.”

CIVIC SOLUTIONS The BSC helps municipal officials involved with infrastructure construction and management.

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One example is in Easton’s Sullivan Park.

The ball field there was almost always too wet to play on. When Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004, flooding caused significant property damage downhill. BSC and other partners teamed up with nearby Lafayette College. The students and professors engineered and installed a wetland on the site. It absorbed the stormwater runoff, improved water quality, provided habitat for birds and other wildlife and reduced flooding. The design has been functioning so well, it earned Pennsylvania’s 2014 Green Parks Award.

WATER QUALITY Working with the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, BSC monitors 24 sites throughout the entire watershed every month. Some participants such as Judge have been monitoring for 20 years. He said, “I wanted to keep busy; I’m 87 years old. In order to keep from getting older, you have to keep moving.” Past and present, the data paint a valuable picture of the health of this living ecosystem.

OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT Use BSC’s Two Rivers Area Birding and Natural History Trail of Northampton County guide map to explore the Bushkill watershed on your own. Or find displays at events such as the Plainfield Farmer’s Fair, Adventures in Agriculture at the Palmer Park Mall and the Lehigh Valley Greenways festival scheduled for September 26 in Jacobsburg State Park. Altmann also noted, “Our board meetings are always welcome to anyone. We have a volunteer pool, and we have a friends and partners list.” Contact her at bushkillstreamconservancy@gmail.com or visit bushkill.org to learn more.

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IN THE KITCHEN WITH SKILLSUSA

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Five popular local chefs combined their talents with those of local vocationaltechnical students to form a culinary bond, culminating on March 30th at the 6th Annual SkillsUSA Culinary Challenge. Lehigh Valley Technical Institute again hosted the tasty event featuring

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five chef/student pairings creating five regional menus. This bond gave student chefs and servers the experience of learning from the best in their field while, at the same time, interacting with their peers in a busy work environment.

Chef Gregory Caracappa of Sodexo Corporate Services and his students from Upper Bucks County Technical School, Colin Bloome and Liam Phillips prepared Texas-inspired Chipotle-Lime Shrimp Tostada Sliders with guacamole, pico de gallo and lime crema served atop corn tortilla chips. The bite size sliders were spicy and flavorful and the varying textures made them fun finger food that everyone seemed to enjoy.

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SKILLSUSA Liam Phillips is a home-schooled junior and third year culinary student. He has been cooking along side his mother since a young age and is currently working towards his Servsafe Certification. Liam hopes to attend college to earn a culinary/business degree and open his own restaurant one day.

New England style Cod Loin with Chorizo and Corn Sauce were served up by Chef Randy Zerfass of Lehigh Country Club and his Bethlehem Area Vocational Technical School students Airick Crouthamel and Corey Ortiz. The fresh cod was lightly breaded and presented with a lovely meld of Chorizo, sautéed spinach and sweet corn sauce.

Airick Crouthamel (Freedom HIgh School) has been actively involved in culinary events at school and plans to attend Northampton Community College to study culinary arts with hopes of becoming an Executive Chef.

Corey Ortiz’s interests lie in Asianinspired cuisine, having spent time in China where he blogged about his cultural experiences. A Liberty HIgh School student, he has been active in the BAVTS events and upon graduation, plans to enter the Armed Forces and pursue his culinary dreams.

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Career Institute of Technology students Chyanne Rowe and Emma Wortman presented a rich and spicy Creole/Cajun Shrimp and Crawfish Etoufee under the guidance of Chef Tyler Baxter of The Bayou. This delicious combination of fresh shellfish with vegetables steeped in a flavorful, piquant broth served with rice was wonderful.

Chyanne Rowe is in her third year of culinary studies and an Honor Roll student at Easton High School. She plans to attend the Culinary Institute of Technology in Hyde Park, New York. She is a member of the National Technical Honor Society and has activity participated in SkillsUSA for past two years. Chyanne

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Bangor HIgh School Junior Emma Wortman is in her second year of the Culinary Arts program at CIT. She is an Honor Roll student at both schools, President of the CIT National Technical Honor Society and CIT student ambassador. She is currently employed at PA Bagel and Deli in Portland, Pa and plans to attend Culinary Institute of America.

Savory Grille’s Chef Shawn Doyle teamed up with Anthony Sorrentino and Jasmine Kutzura from Lehigh Career and Technical Institute to create a Midwestern Pork Duo consisting of glazed pork belly and bacon-wrapped pork loin served

with a deliciously sweet and sour cherry agrodolce, corn custard and a vegetable and potato hash. This interesting dish was delicious and the cherry sauce was fabulous with the pork.

Anthony Sorrentino is a senior at Parkland High School and a four-time state place winner at Family, Career and Community Leaders of America in Culinary Arts (FCCLA). He is currently a chef apprentice at Saucon Valley Country Club and past experience includes sous chef at Dorney Park/Wildwater Kingdom. He will attend Culinary Institute of America in the fall and with a goal of becoming a Certified Master Chef.

High School, is the 2015 District 11 Champion in Restaurant Service and will be going to the state competition in April. She has served as Culinarian for the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs studying multi-unit food service operations and will be attending Johnson & Wales University where she will focus on culinary arts and food service management with a concentration in Food Service Entrepreneurship.

Chef Daniel Goulet of Lourds Valley Country Club, along with his Monroe Career and Technical Institute students Ross Manigo and Melissa Corrao, created a Taste of Southern Picnic – fried chicken two ways.

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Approximately 150 people attended the SkillsUSA Culinary Challenge and while attendees’ votes decided the order of finish, truly there were only winners this night. All dishes were creative and delicious. More importantly, students were afforded the learning experience of working with popular local chefs and each other in an atmosphere of camaraderie and creativity enhancing practical skills in a workplace environment.

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“It is a different thing, being back home ‘for good.’ It can be challenging because parents are struggling with ‘what kind of rules should we have, will they be the same rules as before, the students are technically adults, making it on their own.’ It’s an interesting balance of ‘ok, I’m still your parent you’re living under my roof, but I also need to recognize you are an adult, you’ve been living on your own, waking up, getting to class, all the things I used to do for you.’ How do you balance that?

Keeping open lines of communication and having heartfelt talks periodically can be beneficial to the entire family.

“I think the most valuable words anyone can say are, ‘I respect you’,” says Krisak.

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Wendy Krisak suggests some areas parents may wish to consider emphasizing: • Grown children back home with the parents need to understand their financial obligations and necessities – bills, loans, budgets – now and in the future.

• Students or grads living at home may be asked to pay for their own cell phone bills and car insurance.

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Allentonian David Binder was just 19 years old when he joined the U. S. Navy in 1963. Now 70, he and Lois (his wife of nearly 44 years), are the parents of three, and the grandparents of seven. He retired from PPL Electric Utilities in 2013.

Dave’s a veteran of two tours in Vietnam, and agreed to give us a glimpse of his military life.

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DAVE BINDER: I was one year out of high school and working a dead-end job.

I believed that we had a duty to serve our country – my father was in the Army during World War II – so I enlisted. I entered boot camp in San Diego in November ’63, the same month President Kennedy was assassinated.

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VETERAN’S STORY Francisco, and graduated as an electronic technician specializing in radar.

LVM: What sort of weapons training did you have?

DB: The .50 caliber machine gun; its am-

munition is about 5 1/2” long, and the projectile itself is a half-inch in diameter.

It could fire about 250 rounds-per-minute. But only in short bursts. Otherwise, its barrel might overheat and warp. I also had to use a .30-caliber Browning automatic rifle [BAR], and a Thompson submachine gun, which you might know as a “tommy gun.”

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The small, handwritten note said, “We know you are there.” I cried like a baby. Those simple words were a significant message that I needed to hear.

LVM: What was your first assignment?

DB: The USS Hissem, DER-400, a de-

stroyer escort radar picket ship out of Newport, Rhode Island. She was 300’ long, 36’ feet across at her widest point, and had a crew of 160. I spent three years aboard her, and logged over 200,000 nautical miles on the North Atlantic, the Caribbean – month-long patrols between Cuba and Florida – the Pacific, the Gulf of Tonkin and in the South China Sea.

LVM: How did you end up in Vietnam?

And what did you do there?

DB: In mid-1965, we were assigned there.

The Hissem spent a month in the Boston shipyards getting prepped. After that, we sailed through the Panama Canal and set up a home port in Pearl Harbor. We patrolled along the inlets, harbors and coastline of South Vietnam from August ’65 to June ’67, as part of Operation Market Time.

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LVM: What was that about?

DB: Large quantities of guns and war

supplies were coming to the Viet Cong by sea. Operation Market Time was set up to stop that.

The country’s coast was divided into segments, and each part was patrolled

by DERs, coastal minesweepers, Coast Guard patrol boats and Navy swift boats.

We searched junks, boats, and other watercraft, and often rendered shore bombardment and gunfire support with our three-inch [shell diameter] gun mounts and .50 caliber machine guns. Our vigilance stopped the gun-runners, shut off the war supplies, and virtually closed off enemy infiltration by sea.

LVM: How active was your part in all this?

DB: I was one of a dozen or so crew mem-

bers that searched junks. My job was to hold the suspects at gunpoint while the other team members searched the boats.

Depending on the circumstances, I’d use the BAR, a tommy gun, or an on-board .50 caliber machine gun. I also manned a .50 caliber machine gun during patrols.

LVM: Did you ever have to fire any of them?

DB: Yes, I did – all of them at one time or another. In fact, I used the BAR during the first hour of my first day of my first tour! Our .50-caliber guns hadn’t been installed yet, so the BAR was our heaviest weapon. On our first junk patrol, we encountered three suspicious boats. When we hailed them, they all sailed off in different directions; I fired several warning shots to turn them around.

LVM: Were you ever shot at yourself?

DB: Oh, yes. While I manned the .50cal guns on a swift boat, machine gun fire from on-shore missed me by just inches. And on another occasion, I felt a slug from small-arms fire whiz through my hair.

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DB: My worst memory with regard to the war, is the looks in the eyes of the men, women and children that I held at gunpoint while we disturbed their livelihoods and searched their boats. When you go to war, you cross a line where you sacrifice ideals for survival. That alters you forever.

LVM: We’re often encouraged to send “care packages” to deployed troops.

What kind of effects do they have?

DB: Morale was low our first Christmas over there. In an attempt to bring some holiday cheer, I built a Christmas tree out of old charts, a mop-handle trunk, and green packing material. I also dyed a white uniform red – actually kind of pink – with red beet juice I got from the cook; and used the mop head as a beard.

I roamed the ship on Christmas Eve, until we were called to battle stations.

We spent the next 10 hours there, until Viet Cong positions were pinpointed by Vietnamese Army units. The combined gunfire from our ship and a sister destroyer dispersed the assembling Viet Cong forces.

My worst memory with regard to the war, is the looks in the eyes of the men, women and children that I held at gunpoint while we disturbed their livelihoods and searched their boats.

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Star,” a national effort to support our soldiers and sailors. I went to the mess deck, grabbed a plastic baggie of cookies and headed out to the fantail for some privacy.

When I opened the bag of chocolate chip cookies, I noticed a folded piece of paper among them. The small, handwritten note said, “We know you are there.” I cried like a baby! Those simple words were a significant message that I needed to hear. If anybody wonders whether home-front support really matters, it does. It reminds us that there are people who care for us, and want to see us get back home. It reassures us that normalcy still exists, and that we have something to look forward to.

Being recognized that way made the hardship of war easier not only on that Christmas, but the following Christmas as well. That happened nearly 50 years ago, and my eyes still fill with tears when I think about it.

LVM: Could you sum up your experiences?

DB: My life has suffered deep emotional changes because of that war and the memories that have continued. But I also gained confidence in myself and realized that diversity in people and skills is essential to efficient and productive teamwork; respect is not optional, and the very least of us has great value.

Our lives are the product of what we can make happen with the decisions we make; and what we make happen despite the decisions of those who can decide for us.

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SO YOUR CONTRACTOR LEFT YOU STRANDED… Everyone knows the feeling, whether it has happened to you personally or to a friend or relative, when a construction project on their home doesn’t go as planned. A person’s home is their castle, and we naturally want everything to be perfect. Most contractors do their jobs well and only want to please their customers and get paid. But sometimes trouble strikes: on occasion, a contractor messes up and doesn’t deliver on his or her promises. That’s where the law can get involved.

No matter what type of work you have done on your home, from decks to pools to new kitchen cabinets, you should be aware of your rights in the event of conflict with a contractor. Generally speaking, the first thing to try is to alert the contractor to the trouble and let him fix it. At times, however, that won’t work; you might lose faith in a contractor or he just can’t seem to get something right even after repeated attempts. In those situations you may end up in court.

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DO I STILL HAVE TO PAY? The first question homeowners often have is whether they need to write the final check when they’re unhappy with the work done on their behalf. Ordinarily a contractor will be entitled to some payment when he has done some good work. If 80 percent of a project was completed properly, you will have a hard time paying only 50 percent of the agreed upon value. Naturally issuing that final payment can be a major point of leverage in resolving the situation, and you should use it to your best advan-

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not measure your loss based on the cost to tear out an otherwise workable window and replace it with one done to spec. It might instead look at how much less the slightly-off-center window is worth than a correct one would have been.

When it comes to proving the amount of damages, you may need evidence in the form of estimates and reports from other contractors showing why the work was done incorrectly, and how much it would cost to repair it. Sometimes a dispute comes down to just how much it ought to cost to ďŹ x a project which has gone wrong. Normally a contractor can ďŹ x his own work much more cheaply than a new person could. That doesn’t mean that the contractor is entitled to a discount from what it would cost you to ďŹ x his or her mistakes, however.

If you go to court, both sides will have to present testimony regarding what went wrong and what that error has cost you.

The other side will contend that you are overstating things, and at the same time may countersue you for any unpaid work that was done. It can be a stressful time.

Preparing for your day in court and crossexamination of the other side are two of the many reasons why people hire attorneys to help handle these matters.

A WORD ABOUT LAWYER’S FEES Even when innocent homeowners go to court and win, they may be surprised to discover that they aren’t really “made whole,� because they still have to account for the costs of legal fees. Win or lose, most lawyers involved in this sort of litigation expect to be paid for their time.

One important feature of the American legal system – lawyers call it the “American Ruleâ€? to distinguish from rules in other nations – is that each litigant pays his or her own lawyer’s fees absent some speciďŹ c exception or contractual provision. You should not count on being awarded your lawyer’s fees. When deciding whether to pursue a lawsuit, you should factor in the costs as well as the potential beneďŹ ts.

CHECK YOUR CONTRACT Your rights under any contract for home improvement services will depend on the actual language of the contract that you signed. The contract may address the particular specifications at issue, when and how the contractor is to be paid, or how disputes should be resolved. Your lawyer will need to review the document to advise you of your rights. Pennsylvania’s Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (HICPA) and Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL) place certain requirements on what must or must not be in a home improvement contract.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Ultimately, the question in any lawsuit will be whether you can convince a judge or other fact-finder that the contractor’s work was not done correctly, and you should be awarded a money judgment covering your costs to have it fixed. Often homeowners and contractors disagree about whether work has in fact been done properly, what repairs might be necessary, and what those repairs would actually cost.

In every lawsuit, the fact-finder has to decide which party is right. The key is demonstrating the contractor’s errors by pointing to expert opinions, failed inspections, and photographs of the work itself. Only your attorney can help you develop a strategy of what evidence to present and how. If you have fallen victim to inadequate construction work, consider consulting an attorney to help protect your rights.

Joshua A. Gildea is a shareholder and attorney in the Litigation Group at Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C. in Center Valley, PA. He can be contacted at jgildea@flblaw.com or 610.797.9000.

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Located in Monroe County in the picturesque Pocono Mountains, the borough of ventures and became a strong leader in the Stroudsburg offers a unique combination of beautiful, historical sites, newly emerging community. A lawyer by trade, Daniel arbusinesses and a vibrant social atmosphere. ranged the charter for the name “Stroudsburg” and spearheaded the drive to have Although initially settled in the early 1730s, the area now considered Stroudsburg was Stroudsburg declared the seat of Monroe abandoned in the mid-1750s after a series of violent conflicts with Native American County. He also played an instrumental groups resulted in the deaths of more than 300 settlers. Forced to seek refuge in the rela- role in spurring continued development tive safety of Easton, Bethlehem and Nazareth, the settlers did not revisit the area until in the area, and helped plan for growth by the late 1760s. laying out new streets – many of which he named for his family members.

Among those who returned in 1769 was New Jersey-born entrepreneur Jacob Stroud, who would later become the borough’s namesake. Purchasing a 300-acre parcel of land, Today, Stroudsburg is home to just under Stroud transformed his property to include a gristmill, tavern and general store, and 7,000 people. Its bustling downtown area later built a large private residence at what is now Main and Fifth Streets. still serves as the seat of Monroe County, and boasts more than two dozen restauAlthough his business enterprises were briefly interrupted by the Revolutionary War, in rants, a half dozen art galleries and more which he served as a Colonel in command of the Fourth Battalion District, Stroud and his than thirty specialty stores, many of which wife Elizabeth raised twelve children and became arguably the most influential family in occupy historic buildings that serve as a the area. Upon his passing in 1806, his son Daniel took over the majority of his business reminder of area’s rich past.

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where it is protected. Once frozen, you want the perennial to stay frozen until it is time to slowly and gently thaw, preventing damage to root hairs and other ill effects.

“If a perennial is potted, the roots must be given additional protection from winter cold, (the roots being perched above the ground with only a limited quantity of potting mix surrounding them),” Leister says. “When planted in the ground, the soil provides continuous moisture and protection from constant freezing and thawing. If something is hardy to a particular zone, it may be that it’s not as hardy in a pot.”

HAVE A LITTLE FUN As you plan out your gardens and which perennials to include, keep in mind what you are hoping to achieve. You can coordinate different color schemes or work to simply achieve a long display of color all season long thanks to different blooms coming and going. When your perennials are spent after a couple of weeks of bloom time, you can still enjoy the green foliage throughout the rest of the growing season.

Leister recommends keeping texture in mind as well as color. You can introduce finely textured plants as well as coarsely textured plants into your gardens for a dimensional effect that is pleasing to the eye. If you know what to look for, you might also be able to spot some seedpods toward the end of the season.

“Mostly, plants make their own hybrids by natural cross pollination,” she says. “It often takes an experienced eye to recognize a new plant or even more, one that has attributes worth preserving. By all means, give it a try. That is what gardening is all about, learning and having fun doing it.”

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I like to assess the “State of the Union” of our house various times a year. This is not a practice my family enjoys, but I do it anyway… because I’m the mom.

We moved to Coopersburg not too long ago, and I wanted to see how things stood with my family.

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Plus, I wanted to go out to dinner. So, I picked the restaurant, and we made our way toward my much anticipated night of family bonding and communicating.

Once we were seated and had our salads, I cleared my throat and started, “Soooooo…”

Shoulders dropped and eyes rolled. My kids know my conversations leading with “Soooo” are seldom conversations they want to actively participate in. My husband knows my conversations leading with “Sooooo” are NEVER conversations

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he wants to actively participate in so he didn’t even stop chewing his salad.

Hummmph, I was a tad insulted but not deterred.

“Sooooo, anyway…”

The breadsticks arrived. Arggh. I lost my momentum again. Ok, I’ll work this to my benefit. Let them get some food in their stomachs. They will be more receptive to my conversation.

A few minutes later I tried for the third time, “Soooooo, we’ve been here over a full year now! What have been your favorite things??”

Munch, munch, munch. “I like playing with my friends,” my son said.

Chew, chew, chew. “I like walking to get ice cream,” my daughter said.

W-H-A-T? Ok… maybe my little dumplings didn’t understand. Maybe they were too carbed-up and couldn’t process the complexity of the question. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and rephrased:

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HAPPY KIDS “Soooo, this last year has been huge for us. We moved, you started a new school, we have a new house. There were so many changes, and we did so much. What was your favorite?”

Munch, munch. “Yeah – playing.”

Chew, chew. “Getting ice cream.”

What is WRONG with them? At that point, I flew into my typical mental tailspin. I kept thinking of all of the things we DID do.

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We also visited water parks, amusement parks and playground parks. We vacationed in the Adirondacks, we swam at the Jersey Shore, and we explored NYC. We went to the theater, took art classes and painted pottery. We went to museums, arboretums and national monuments. We biked until our butts were numb, we hiked until our legs ached, and we swam until we were wrinkly.

We visited family, hosted friends and threw holiday parties. We walked to waterfalls, took train rides, and heck, we even toured a coal mine. Who does that?

How could they not mention ANY of this stuff?

Playing and ice cream? That’s the best they could come up with?

I was speechless. I looked at my husband for help. He was suddenly suspiciously interested in the croutons on his salad so no luck there.

Our main course arrived, so thankfully that was a nice distraction from the rumbling runaway train that was hurling down the track of my mental despair. All aboard kids… First stop.

Unappreciative-ville.

I took a bite of lasagna and regrouped.

Ok. At this point, I realized things could go one of two ways. One - I could morph into the screeching howler monkey like I usually do and start rattling off a list of all the things they SHOULD have said, OR, 2 - I could sit back and soak in what my kids actually did say. Playing and ice cream.

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Hummmppph. Now I was the one who sat and chewed. And, as I chewed, I saw what they were saying.

When we moved, we landed in a great neighborhood full of very active kids.

Our son immediately landed in a group I affectionately call “The Alphabet Men” (by a stroke of craziness, all of the boys have last names that start with A, B, C, or D, and we are a D), and our daughter has a little group of girls she can sing Frozen songs with over… and over… and over.

The kids play outside for hours: summer, winter, day or night. The Alphabet Men sweat, argue and bleed. The girls are mischievous, funny and creative. And we, as families, have S’more Nights, cook-outs, and yes, we all even walk to the local ice cream parlor for a scoop or two.

Yeah. Ok. I get it. Why wouldn’t they pick playing and ice cream? They are 12 and 8.

They were plunked down in a new town and expected to start a new life. They had to adapt just like my husband and I did.

They just did it their way… through Whiffle ball and chocolate ice cream.

As I ate the last bite of my lasagna, I realized that as cliché as it may sound, my kids like the simple things. They always have. My husband and I can expose them to all the adventures, experiences, and travel we can, but it isn’t up to us to tell them what they should like. I can’t manufacture their likes and dislikes, and I can’t rank their memories. If their preferences are games of Kick the Can over touring a science museum, so be it.

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little lasagna and my pride. “That’s not quite the answer I expected but that’s great. “I think I detected some eye rolls, but I chose to ignore them.

I am 12 years into this mothering gig. Sometimes I think I have it figured out; most of the time I don’t. That night, I came away reminded of what my kids know and what I knew all along: Sometimes simpler is better.

Sometimes all you need is playing and ice cream to make you happy.

And as a mom, you just want them to be happy.

“Wow!” I finally said after swallowing a

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FRIDAY, MAY 8

Miller-Keystone Blood Center “Cruise Aboard the LifeLine” ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks 101 Founders Way Bethlehem 6 p.m. giveapint.org

SATURDAY, MAY 9

Mother’s Day Tea seum Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum 432 W. Walnut St. Allentown 1 p.m. lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org

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SATURDAY, MAY 16 Harold and the Purple Crayon Miller Symphony Hall 23 N. Sixth St. Allentown 2 p.m. y.org allentownsymphony.org

SUNDAY, MAY 17 7 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks hawks mers vs. Alabama Hammers PPL Center 701 Hamilton St. Allentown 3 p.m. lvsteelhawks.com

THURSDAY, MAY 21 The Freddy Awards The State Theatre 453 Northampton St. Easton 7 p.m. statetheatre.org/events/freddy-awards

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FRIDAY, MAY 22 Mayfair Festival of the Arts (runs through Monday, May 25) Allentown Fairgrounds 1850 W. Liberty St. Allentown Times vary mayfairfestival.org

SATURDAY, MAY 22 Wildwater Kingdom Opening Day Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom 4000 Dorney Park Rd. Allentown 10 a.m. dorneypark.com

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SUNDAY, MAY 25 Lehigh Valley IronPigs vs. Charlotte Coca-Cola Park 1050 IronPigs Way Allentown 1:35 p.m. ironpigsbaseball.com

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THURSDAY, MAY 28 Stagemakers at the J Presents Disney’s High School Musical Jr. (runs through Sunday, May 31) Allentown JCC 702 N. 22nd St. Allentown Times vary allentownjcc.org

FRIDAY, MAY 29 Lehigh Valley Food & Winee Festival y 31) (runs through Sunday, May enter Sands Bethlehem Event Center 77 Sands Blvd.

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CALENDAR SATURDAY, MAY 30 Fifth Annual PBS39 MicroBrew Festival Coca-Cola Park 1050 IronPigs Way Allentown 2 – 5 p.m. brewfest.wlvt.org m Downtown Bethlehem ArtWalk Series (takes place the last Saturday of each month from May through August) 1 E. Broad St. Bethlehem 4 – 8 p.m. downtownbethlehemassociation.com Step Outdoors Lehigh Valley (runs Saturday, May 30 & Sunday, May 31) ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks 101 Founders Way Bethlehem 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Saturday), 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. (Sunday) steelstacks.org National Geographic Presents: Earth Explorers (runs through September 7) Da Vinci Science Center 3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass Allentown 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. davincisciencecenter.org

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 UCI US Sprint Gran Prix Valley Preferred Cycling Center 1151 Mosser Rd. Breinigsville 6 p.m. thevelodrome.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

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LUNG FORCE Run/Walk Allentown Lehigh Parkway 2050 Park Dr. Allentown 8:30 a.m. lungforce.org

Rooms to View Tour 427 N. New St. Bethlehem 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. historicbethlehem.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Community Music School Gala Recital Miller Symphony Hall – Rodale Room 23 N. Sixth St. Allentown 1:30 p.m. cmslv.org Superhero 5K for Autism/Special Needs ArtsQuest Center 101 Founders Way Bethlehem 10 a.m. livelearnandplay.org

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As summer nears, chances are things will heat up and you’ll be on a quest to cool off. Whether you end up at a pool, water park or beach, you'll discover superb photo opportunities. With some simple techniques, you can improve those photos and better capture you summer memories.

SET YOUR CAMERA'S SCENE MODE

USE FILL FLASH

Set your camera's Scene Mode to the appropriate option for where you're taking pictures. Many cameras have modes specifically for beach and water photos. This helps to ensure proper exposure given the lighting challenges of bright situations.

Scene Mode settings are usually found in your camera's options menu.

You’re probably thinking you don’t need to use a flash outside, but all cameras have a Fill Flash setting because it's a very beneficial feature. By turning on the flash, you will “fill in” the harsh shadows caused by bright sun, or add a little kick to photos on a bland overcast day.

PRE-FOCUS

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If you’re trying to capture action, pre-focus your camera on where the action is headed. For example, focus on the bottom of the water slide, or where the kids are going to land when they jump in the pool. By pressing your shutter halfway down, the camera gets ready to take the photo. Now press it the rest of the way just as your subject is approaching that spot. With practice, you’ll get good at capturing the exact moment you wanted.

When taking your electronic camera near water (or any moisture), consider using a waterproof bag. It will come in handy as you try to protect your camera from sand and water damage.

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Landis Family Charity Foundation ....................................... 39

Apollo Grill .........................................................................................12

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J&J Luxury Transportation ........................................................ 14

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