Happenings
Monday, April 22, 2019 by The Press in Columns
APRIL 22
• “Conversation about Memory Loss” (presented by LifeSpring in Home Care of Eastern Pennsylvania), 4 p.m., at Northampton Area Public Library, 1615 Laubach Ave. Information: 610-262-7537
APRIL 23
• Gentle chair yoga, 9:30-10:30 a.m., at Whitehall Active Community Center, 2301 Pine St., West Catasauqua. The class will continue April 25 and 30. Information, registration and cost: 610-437-3700
Presentation about ‘Earth Day’ at LV Heritage Museum
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
A presentation on the history of conservation in the United States commemorates “Earth Day,” 1 p.m. April 20, Lehigh County Historical Society’s Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, 432 W. Walnut St., Allentown.
“In our hectic, urbanized lives, we forget the fragility and beauty of nature and the ways in which our lives depend on the health of the planet,” said Joseph Garrera, Executive Director of the Museum. Garrera. “Earth Day offers an opportunity to stop, reflect, and take action.”
Three Poems
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
The Walk Away Girl
Someone was rude to me today
I walked away
Their eyes were still as hard as hard clay
The Calm Girl
When someone is rude
They would not let me play
But I stay calm
Kind and Smart
I feel like
I’m perfect me
If anyone is mean I’ll walk away
Abigail Brown
Age 9, Grade 4
Freemansburg Elementary School
Bethlehem Area School District
The 21st Century
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
People on the airwaves always preach
who I should be
How to dress,
how to talk, maybe how to breathe
We could always use their limber fingers to
paint pictures on what young girls
should aspire to be
We are not Beautiful
unless we look like women in magazines
I have
no power without a man standing
next to me
Can someone tell me if this
is all an illusion or if this is how
the world is turning out to be?
It’s the 21st century
Yonaidi Rosario
Age 13, Grade 8
Broughal Middle School
Lehigh County senior menus
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
Call 610 - 782-3254 for locations.
Wednesday, April 17: Chicken parmesan, whole wheat pasta, green beans, orange, wheat bread.
Thursday, April 18: Meatloaf w / gravy, whipped potatoes, vegetable medley, pudding, wheat bread.
Friday, April 19: Centers closed. Good Friday.
Monday, April 22: Roasted pork, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, applesauce, wheat bread.
Tuesday, April 23: Chicken. Chef’s salad.
Wednesday, April 24: Chopped steak w/ onion gravy, scalloped potatoes, carrots, tropical fruit, wheat dinner roll.
Winter
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
She’s quiet and patient and snowy
Hidden in the light white sky
Snow’s happy when playful
Cries when snow melts by the sun
Older so she blows the wind
And giving snow to the world
Cools down and painting the world
And messing around with her hand
Brings a snow storm when she meets her grandparents
And returns when spring comes
Bowen Liu
Age 9, Grade 4
Freemansburg Elementary School
Bethlehem Area School District
Heart valve replacement at St. Luke’s similar to procedure for Mick Jagger
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
Elinor LaDue doesn’t sing rock ‘n’ roll but does have at least one thing in common with Mick Jagger, frontman for the Rolling Stones.
She and Jagger both had a non-surgical heart procedure to implant an artificial aortic valve, replacing their original “native” valves.
On Feb. 5, LaDue, an 80-year-old Allentown mother, became the 500th patient to undergo a TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) procedure at St. Luke’s Hospital - Bethlehem.
TAVR is a non-surgical alternative for patients with advanced aortic stenosis or narrowing of the aortic valve opening.
Student poets on WDIY
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
a monotone drip
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
Endless flood of gray
fuzzy whispers.
Insomnious nights - handcuffed
in a colorless cage.
depression is a blizzard of black
enveloping
a dark, cinder block maze of
clay spikes.
The pulse of
a monotone drip
floods the calm birdcage
that now hangs by a thread
Jocelynn Zeruth
Age 13, Grade 7
Northampton Area Middle School
Northampton Area School District
Northampton County senior menus
Friday, April 19, 2019 by The Press in Focus
Call 610 - 829-4540 (ask operator for Area Agency on Aging) for locations or visit https://www.northamptoncounty.org/HS/AGING/Pages/default.aspx.
Wednesday, April 17: Onion Romano soup, fried chicken patty on a bun w / lettuce, tomato, mayo, pasta salad, citrus breeze.
Thursday, April 18 - Easter meal: Baked smoked ham, praline sweet potatoes, asparagus, home baked roll w / margarine, coconut custard pie.
Friday, April 19: Closed for Good Friday.
Monday, April 22: Chili con carne over bread bowl w / cheddar cheese garnish, pepper slaw, fruit cocktail.
