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Jordan Semmel represented Lehighton Legion Auxiliary 314, Shoemaker-Haydt Post, at Shippensburg University for the Girls State program, where she was elected Most Outstanding Citizen. About 200 girls attended the program. From left are, LaRue Fritz, Girls State chairman; Semmel; Rachel Serfass, 2010 Miss Poppy; and Gladys Balliet, unit president. Semmel will attend Girls State in June as a junior counselor. She is a senior at Lehighton Area High School and the daughter of Theresa and Rich Semmel.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Mom and Dad may be looking to popular vampire books and the first family for baby names: Cullen is on the rise for boys and Malia for girls. But Miley and Jonas are down, proving that acclaim can be fleeting.

Isabella is now the top baby name for girls, Jacob for boys, the Social Security Administration said recently. Isabella's climb to the top in 2009 ends Emma's one-year reign. Jacob is on an 11-year run at the top.

The Monroe County Garden Club is planning its Secret Garden Tour for June 2011, and would like to preview local gardens.

The Garden Tour Committee would like to visit gardens in Monroe County in June to arrange for the tour for next year.

This is a popular and highly anticipated event.

If you have a lovely garden and would be willing to be on the tour, contact Sheila Bortree at (570) 629-0279.

The final regular meeting before summer of the Blue Mountain Health System Women's Cancer Support Group will convene at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18.

The meeting will be held in the Gnaden Huetten campus Community Room, 211 N. 12th St., Lehighton.

The guest speaker will be Janie Connor, R.N., patient care manager at St. Luke's Hospice, Blakeslee Blvd., who will outline services available from the hospice staff.

Interested women are invited to attend.

Contact Mary Ann Hazel at (610) 824-6490 for more information.