Jaycees donate to scholarship fund

HONESDALE, PA — Prior to the 4-H/FFA livestock sale at the Wayne County Fair in August, the Honesdale Jaycees made a $600 donation to the Wayne County 4-H/FFA Nebzydoski-White Memorial Scholarship Fund.

This year the fund awarded a $2,000 scholarship to each of the 13 recipients. They were Nathaniel Bateman, Allison Billard, Sarah Collins, Paige Fiume, Olivia Gries, Hunter King, Sara McNichols, Emma Modrovsky, Luke Noble, Abigail Price, Maria Spinelli, Brianna Taninies and Jacob Turner.

The Jaycees’ donation was 100 percent of the profit from the sale of Creamworks Creamery milk products at the club’s stand at the Wayne County Fair.

The Honesdale Jaycees donated $600 to the Nebzydoski-White Memorial Scholarship Fund. Pictured are Jaycees president Chase Holl, left, Corey Rutledge …

All welcome for High Holy Days at Congregation Beth Israel

HONESDALE, PA — The historic, 173-year-old Congregation Beth Israel synagogue will soon celebrate the Jewish New Year. All are welcome to join.

Rabbi Elliott Kleinman will conduct the High Holy Day services with cantorial soloist Blake Friedman.

The services begin with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, on Sunday evening, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. Services continue on Monday, September 26 at 10 a.m.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, will begin with the Kol Nidre service on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:30 p.m., and will continue on Wednesday, October 5 at 10 a.m. 

Rabbi Kleinman is the rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel. He also serves as the senior advisor to the president at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Friedman is an American operatic tenor, voice-over artist and actor.

Founded in 1849, the congregation met in members’ homes until the synagogue was built in 1856, on land donated by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. It is the oldest synagogue in northeastern PA, and Congregation Beth Israel is the oldest, continually operating synagogue in its original building in North America. 

In addition to High Holy Day services, the congregation holds regular Shabbat services each month. Beth Israel also has an active religious school for children. 

Visitors and those wishing to join are welcome to worship with us and begin the New Year by celebrating in this beautiful and historic building. 

Congregation Beth Israel is located at 615 Court St. 

Call 570/253-2222 or email bethisraelhonesdale@gmail.com to attend services, or to inquire about the educational programs and membership.

More information about the schedule and the congregation can be found at congregationbethisraelhonesdale.org.

Halloween costume pickup dates

FOREST CITY, PA — The Greater Forest City Business Alliance is offering a way to recycle gently used Halloween costumes by sharing them with people who need them. 

The costumes will be offered free to any family that could use them.

Costumes will be available at Christ Episcopal Church, 700 Delaware St. Pickup dates are 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, September 16 and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 17. 

Visitors are asked to use the handicapped entrance on Dundaff Street.

For more information, call Michelle at M&M Auto Service, 570/785-4444. 

Forest City residents who still need a Halloween costume can find one for free, courtesy of the Greater Forest City Business Alliance.

The NY Bee Gees performs, supports WMH 

HONESDALE, PA — The New York Bee Gees tribute show “delivers with a stunning production, powerful vocals and the professional stage presence you won’t want to miss,” said Martha Wilson, a member of the Wayne Memorial Hospital (WMH) auxiliary’s concert committee. 

The band will perform at the Woodloch Pines Night Club on Sunday September 18. The show runs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.; the doors open at 3 p.m. and seating is open. Proceeds benefit the hospital; see below.

The NY Bee Gees performs songs from every decade of the group’s catalog, including all of the classic ‘70s disco hits featured in “Saturday Night Fever” that topped the charts. 

The group comes from Long Island, NY, and is currently on tour. 

“We are fortunate to have them perform here at Woodloch,” said Joan Buehl, a member of the auxiliary’s membership and concert committees. “It’s going to be a fabulous show.”

All proceeds from the concert will benefit WMH’s facilities and physician recruitment. 

Tickets cost $45 per person. There is a cash bar inside the venue. 

For information or tickets, call Joan at 570/226-9750.

The New York Bee Gees, a tribute band, will perform on Sunday, September 18. Proceeds will benefit Wayne Memorial Hospital.

UDC water use/resource management to meet

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will hold the next monthly meeting of its water use/resource management committee on Tuesday, September 20, at 6:30 p.m. That’s a new monthly start-time. 

The meeting takes place in the UDC office, 211 Bridge St.

The agenda will include new and old business, updates on ongoing projects, reports of recent meetings and notices of upcoming events.

All committee meetings are open to the public. For further information, call the UDC office at 845/252-3022 or visit www.upperdelawarecouncil.org.

UDC hosts 34th annual family raft trip

UPPER DELAWARE RIVER — The 34th annual family raft trip, organized by the Upper Delaware Council (UDC), attracted 51 guests on August 7. People paddled a scenic five-mile stretch of the Upper Delaware River, from Skinners Falls to Narrowsburg.

Lander’s River Trips provided the rafts, paddles, life vests, morning shuttles and pre-launch safety briefings.

Paddlers numbered 47 adults and four children aged four to 12. They took advantage of the host livery’s discounted group rates and the trip coordination provided by the UDC.

The UDC holds this event on the first Sunday of August each year, on alternating sections of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. The goal is to promote awareness and stewardship through direct contact with the recreational resource.

The Upper Delaware Council was created and mandated in 1988 by an Act of Congress. It oversees a partnership of federal, state (NY and PA), and local governments, managing the 73.4-mile Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River.

The UDC fills a vital role in the relationship between the National Park Service and the local communities, protecting home rule authority, safeguarding private property rights, and advising towns/townships on meeting the river management plan’s land- and water-use guidelines, a press release from the UDC noted.

The organization has been funded through a federal allocation, flat since its inception, the UDC said, with neither the State of New York nor the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania contributing their shares. 

Despite funding challenges, the release added, the UDC has fulfilled the core responsibilities set out in the federal legislation for the benefit of the approximately 250,000 visitors each year and all those fortunate enough to live in the Upper Delaware river valley.

For more information, call 845/252-3022, or visit www.upperdelawarecouncil.org. You can find the UDC on social media at UpperDelawareCouncil, or on Twitter at UpperDelCouncil.