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National White Cane Safety Day was Oct. 15 and the Western Pocono Lions Club collected $408.87. Helen Koshensky, president of the Western Pocono Lions Club, wants people to know that they can make donations all year round.

Lehighton Senior Center went all out to celebrate the center's 35th anniversary.

The Lehighton center was the second center to open in Carbon County in 1974.

Members of the Lehighton Senior Center planned the celebration and decorated the room," said Patty Schmalzriedt, Lehighton manager. "The planning has gone on for several months."

Lehighton didn't keep the party close - instead they opened up the celebration to all Carbon County Senior Center members. The room was festive with gayly decorated tables, topped with colored balloons.

The lessons and contributions of the past provided a springboard to the future when the congregation of a Slatington church gathered to celebrate a special occasion.

"My son is the pastor," said the Rev. James LeVan's mother who attends First Baptist Church in Slatington. She comes from Lancaster every Sunday when there is no snow, but for the recent 150th anniversary celebration many other family members came also.

Deacon Bob Berger asked the congregation to observe a quiet time of meditation before the service began.

Linen from flax, once the fabric of choice for summer garments, undergarments, and even for wrapping Egyptian mummies, rose to its peak around the time of the American colonies, then was largely replaced by King Cotton.

Flax continues to be grown for its oil, used as linseed oil in paints, and its seeds, used as a dietary supplement because of its fiber and Omega-3 fatty acids. But in the United States, both cotton and synthetics have made it uneconomical to manufacture linen from flax.