The Press PA edition 3/1/2011

Local Civil Air Patrol Cadets Receive Major Awards On Monday, February 21st, the Slate Belt Composite Squadron 807 of the Civil Air Patrol, a United States Air Force Auxiliary, held its annual awards ceremony. Three cadets received special awards. Eugene Edinger, of VFW Post #739, presented two awards. The first award was presented to Cadet Second Lieutenant Liam Morrissey for “VFW Cadet Officer of the Year 2010.” The second award was for Cadet Second Lieu- tenant James McDan- olds for “VFW Cadet Non - commissioned Officer of the Year 2010.” The third award, The “Air Force Asso- ciation’s Outstanding Cadet of the Year” award, was presented by Air Force Technical Left to right; Cadet, 2nd Lt. Morrissey, Cadet, 2nd Lt. McDanolds, and Cadet, Chief Master Sgt. Thrasher. The Civil Air Patrols meets on Monday Evenings at East Bangor Fire House, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm Sergeant Bob Hewitt, to Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Taralyn Thrasher. The ceremony was attended by members of the VFW, East Bangor Volunteer Fire Com- pany, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Army, Civil Air Patrol, and friends and family. The Civil Air Patrol has three missions: emergency services, aerospace education and cadet programs. Squadron 807 meets at the East Bangor Fire Station on Monday nights from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. For more information call Captain Rod Thrasher, CAP, at 570- 242-5722 or email [email protected]. St. Elizabeth’s Church will host its 16th annual auction on Saturday, March 5th, at the church, located at 300 West Babbitt Avenue, Pen Argyl. There will also be a Chinese and silent auction. Photo ID is required to bid in the outcry and silent auctions. The kitchen will be open for dinner, and a bake sale will be offered. Doors open at 5pm, and bidding starts at 7pm, sharp. Items in the auctions include baskets, throws, gift certificates, paint- ings, drawings, passes to many places, and much more. For a complete list of auction items, visit the church’s website at stelizabethpenargyl.pari shesonline.com. All proceeds benefit the church’s building fund. St. Elizabeth’s 16th Annual Auction Set for March 5th Local author Josh Berk will appear at Bangor Public Library on Satur- day March 19th, as part of the library's free "Brunch With the Author" program. The event will be held from 10am to noon. The author will discuss the process of writing his young adult novel, “The Dark Days of Hamburger Haplin,” (Alred A. Dnopf, 2010). Described as a “Humorous first novel from an author to watch,” The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin follows teenager Will Halpin, the new kid in public school, who also happens to be over- Bangor Public Library Presents Brunch With Local Author Josh Berk weight and deaf. Will Halpin has ditched his former "deaf school" and is now trying to merge into the auditory-able main- stream at Carbon High in eastern Pennsylvania. As the new, overweight kid who has to sit off to the side during classes so he can try to read the lips of both his teachers and his classmates, Will - no slouch when it comes to reading human reactions - quickly downsizes his social expectations and retreats back into the soundless cocoon of his own skull. Luckily for readers, it's darkly hilarious in there. That's this debut novel's most potent hook: the opportunity to spend some quality time inside the precociously percep- tive and sardonically witty head of this ultimate outsider as he visually eavesdrops, and rips on, the sick subtleties of a typical high school's social order. What teens wouldn't want to have Will's skills as he, notebook in hand, monitors the school bus mirror and pieces together what all the cool kids are talking about? Most, Will discovers, as he deftly dissects personalities and devilishly decon- structs high school culture, are slavishly focused on being invited to an exclusive party being thrown by popular jock Pat. But when Pat dies during a field trip to a defunct coal mine, under suspicious circumstances, the story morphs into an engag- ing mystery as Will reluctantly accepts the unsettlingly friendly overtures of a quirky classmate bent on enlist- ing him as a partner in some amateur sleuth- ing. “Making stuff up is clearly what I was born to do,” says Josh, a librarian at Allentown Public Library, and the son of two librarians. He says he did not realize this was a poten- tial career path until he took a young adult literature class in gradu- ate school. Josh, a Lehigh Valley native, promises a lively discussion about his work and the publishing experience. Homemade brunch is provided and attendance is free, but registration is required. For more information call the library at 610- 588-4136. For more information about Josh Berk, visit http://www.joshberkboo ks.com.

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