Diorio to be remembered at 10th year
COAL TOWNSHIP - Maine Fire Company will expand its annual private service to a public one when it recognizes the 10th anniversary of the death of firefighter Timothy Diorio.
A service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday in front of a memorial for Diorio at Water and First streets. Themes for the ceremony are "A Celebration of Timmy's Life" and "How Has Timmy Affected Others?"
DiOrio died early Nov. 1, 2002, while helping fight a fire in Trevorton. He was employed at the time as a state police trooper.
Maine Fire Company decided to expand its annual service to include all local fire company, ambulance and police personnel, including those who were involved on the night of the fire.
The public is welcome, too, and the event will be held rain or shine.
Overflow parking will be accommodated in the Susquehanna Bank parking lot next to Turkey Hill on Second Street.
Registration open for assistance
COAL TOWNSHIP - The Salvation Army is accepting appointments for registration to its Christmas food and toy assistance program.
Registration is by appointment only.
Please call 644-0486 for more information.
Signal activation delayed until today
HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP - Due to Tuesday's rain, the flash-mode activation of the new signals at Route 42 and Perry Avenue, near the Bloomsburg Fairground will take place beginning today.
Next week's schedule is unchanged, becoming fully active at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Food surplus distribution in Kulpmont
KULPMONT - Kulpmont Borough will hold the monthly distribution for its food surplus program from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday. Residents who have signed up previously are eligible and are reminded to bring their assigned bags.
Lions sponsoring parade
KULPMONT - Kulpmont Lions Club is the sponsor of the annual Halloween parade in Kulpmont.
The parade starts at 7 p.m. Thursday. Registration and formation begin at 6 p.m. at the Holy Angels picnic ground.
SAHS Competition Band wins championship
BLOOMSBURG - The Shamokin Area High School Competition Band won the
Tournament of Bands Group 2-A Chapter 4 Championship on Saturday, October
20, 2012 at Bloomsburg University.
The band obtained a score of 89.8 and received specialty awards for High Music,
High Visual, High Guard, and High Drum Major. They will be competing in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Group 2-A Championship on Saturday, October 27 at Central Dauphin High School, Harrisburg, PA. The competition starts at 3:30 PM with Shamokin performing at 5:56 PM. Awards will be presented at 10:00 PM.
The Atlantic Coast Championships include 9 states and over 100+ bands.
BLOOMSBURG- Rabbi Nina Mandel will talk about "Judaism: Religion? Culture? or Something Else?" on Monday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's McCormick Center, room 1303. This event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, the Middle East studies minor and the Protestant Campus Ministry.
Mandel leads Congregation Beth El in Sunbury, where she served as a part-time student rabbi before being ordained in 2003. She is also a professor at Susquehanna University, lecturing on topics regarding Jewish, women's and diversity studies. She is a member of several organizations, including Rabbis for Human Rights and the National Religious Council Against Torture, and received a Human Rights Award from Church Women United Inc. in 2009. Mandel has lived and studied in Israel.
For more information regarding this event, contact Nawal Bonomo, assistant to the dean, College of Liberal Arts, at nbonomo@bloomu.edu.