On the left sidebar under Organizations and History I added a new link for the Lower Nazareth Crime Watch.
Earlier this week they launched a new web site. Most of the site is complete with a few pages yet to be finished.
You can visit the site here: http://www.lowernazarethcrimewatch.com/index.html
Mario Andretti will be visiting the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa on August 11 according to an article on WhoWon.com (read it here).
Andretti was inducted into the Hall in 1996, but at the time was competing full-time in the Indy Car series and was unable to attend the ceremony.
The Morning Call reports (read it here) that 20 Upper Nazareth homes were evacuated when a family, going through items of a deceased family member who was a veteran of WWII, found a grenade with a pin in it.
Police were contacted, who summoned the Bethlehem Bomb Squad. It was not known if the grenade was live or not. The grenade was removed and people allowed to return to their homes.
I’ve tried time and again to explain/articulate why the Nazareth Library was not at fault as it related to the library card of one young Tatamite.
Bill White has a column (read it here) on the entire saga and rightly sums it up by saying:
So let's review. All of you can visit the Nazareth library as often as you want. Dominick can check books out of there until the end of the year, then must switch to Palmer. No one did anything wrong here, except maybe Tatamy for undervaluing the importance of a library.
The entire column was well-thought out, factually correct, and simply stated – thanks Bill!
The 4 H Fair will take place this weekend (Fri, Sat, and Sun) in Bushkill Township. The Morning Call Calendar (read it here) included the following:
Northampton County 4-H Fair, 10 a.m., Northampton City 4-H Center, 777 Bushkill Center Road, Nazareth. Demonstrations for youth and small animal livestock shows. Also 9 a.m., Saturday. 610-746-1970.
The Express-Times also had an article on the event discussing the activities and its purpose in greater detail (read it here).
Former Nazareth resident, Jack Kapanka, now residing in Nashville, posted a link to his video for “Angel in My Arms” on Facebook.
You can watch it here.
The video just passed 200,000 views on YouTube – congratulations Jack!
Take a moment to listen to this heartfelt song written for a father – daughter wedding dance.
The Morning Call reports (read it here) that a Nazareth author, Fern Hill, was recognized for her historical-fiction book about Charley Parkhurst, a California Gold-Rush era woman, who hid her gender to work as a stage coach driver. The award is from the Women Writing of the West society and it will be presented at a ceremony at UCLA.
The book is titled, “Charley's Choice: The Life and Times of Charley Parkhurst” and is published by Infinity.
According to the Express-Times (read it here) and the Morning Call (read it here) the Nazareth Borough Council and Police Department decided not to retain officer Jason Gabriel following his one year probationary period on Monday. After being notified on Monday, Gabriel returned to the station on Tuesday to turn in items and learned that he had missed a court date that day. Without his testimony, the DA office attorney chose to plea-bargain.
The case was against Donald Pysher, who was charged with beating and choking his girlfriend, pleaded guilty to two counts that could get him up to 2 years in prison each compared to the 20 years he could have gotten if convicted of the original charges that were not a part of the plea-bargain.
The Express-Times article notes:
Borough Mayor Earl Keller said he felt the force was covered when Officer Jacob Abel, who also responded to the call, was sent to court, but Assistant District Attorney Jackie Taschner felt she needed Gabriel's testimony to proceed.
Both daily newspapers’ headlines appear to me to indicate the officer failed to appear in retaliation for being terminated, but this quote seems to indicate as the officer noted, he wasn’t informed by the department that he was to be in court for the case.
I can’t argue for the quality of the officer’s work, but it seems wrong that the woman who was allegedly assaulted never got the trial she wanted as a result of this.
The Nazareth Library has posted a letter regarding the story/spoof on the Colbert Report. The spoof was based on an article that appeared in the Express-Times and both included inaccuracies that have been spread as fact leading some area residents to be upset with the Library, its staff and leadership.
The Express-Times reports (read it here) that Borough Council named 2nd in command, Thomas Trachta, as the interim Police Chief, while a search is conducted to hire a new chief on a permanent basis.
The position opened with Chief Sinclair resigned after two years to take a similar position in West Conshohocken near his Philadelphia home.
When you leave the house you often make sure you have a few dollars on hand, but with rewards programs and points, more often than not I just use a debit or credit card anymore.
I assumed this was typical behavior until I read about Keith Eutsay, 33 of Nazareth, who had over $125,000 in his vehicle when police stopped him for suspected drunken driving on Friday night. As police approached the car, according to the report in the Express-Times (read it here), they saw Eutsay throwing marijuana from the vehicle. Once they arrested him, Eutsay noted there was a large amount of money in the vehicle. When it was searched, police found over $125,000 in cash, marijuana, and counterfeit money.
Both the Morning Call (read it here) and The Express-Times (read it here) report that Colonial Regional Police used DNA to find the man responsible for a smash and grab robbery at a Freeman Jewelers in 1996.
A man rushed into the store wielding a sledge hammer, smashed open cases, and left with over fifty items valued at over $37,000. He left the sledge hammer on which police found blood. The DNA did not indicate a match at the time, however, more recently a match did show up and police went to North Carolina to issue a warrant.
I came across a post on the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum by Todd Stuart Phillips, which gives a tremendous perspective to the ends enthusiasts go to in order to be a part of this past weekend’s activities (read his weekend recap here).
He mentions the myriad of fans from across the country he played, spoke with and met, as well the guitar each one played.
While many of us were able to enjoy the day long festival, our guests were on a pilgrimage and Phillips does a great job relaying the experience.
Thanks to everyone who worked to put on this event and to those who attended!
Received this release and wanted to pass it along:
Martin Guitar will be featured on the season three premiere of the Sundance Channel award-winning original eco-series “Big Ideas for a Small Planet.” Following the company’s decade-plus long pioneering efforts in sustainability, the episode will air Tuesday, August 4th at 8:00pm e/p. The 13-part series airs as part of THE GREEN, Sundance Channel’s weekly primetime destination devoted to environmental programming.
Tuesday, August 4 at 8:00pm e/p
Episode 1: Music. The music industry consumes massive amounts of energy and generates enormous waste. Can we imagine making music in harmony with the environment? Ideas include a green record label, sustainable stages and green guitars. Featuring Emmett Malloy of Brushfire Records, singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, Josh Dorfman, Dr. David Suzuki, Chris Martin of C.F. Martin & Co and Neal Turley of Sustainable Waves.
Andy’s Fan Page has extensive Legion Baseball coverage along with some updates on the state budget and he claims to have been up big at the Sands, but lost it all (haven’t we all been there;-)
Breakfast in the Valley has a recipe for Peaches and Cream and travelled northwest to Palmerton to visit Bert’s Steakhouse.
Handhenge and Brickhenge are the latest entries on Clonehenge. As always, lots of interesting thoughts to accompany the interesting artwork.
From House to Home ended last week with a post on that weeks finds, later was a tour with history of favorite items from her home, and report of a new project she is engaging online.
The Steaming Cup was cooling down after an apparent trip to the shore last week.
Lehigh Valley Ramblings covered Lehigh County quite extensively following a trip to the Scottish Rites for a press conference and had a nice piece on his 9 year old grandson.
Tatamy Happenings had an update from the prior Council meeting – and my apologies for forgetting to make the post about the car show last Sunday – this is always a huge event and I missed the email a reader sent.
Weird Nazareth has a post on the Colbert Report and later in the week on the crazed naked man at 7-11 – Oh Thank Heaven!
Thanks to all for the extensive and wide-ranging digital documentation of Nazareth, PA!
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