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white men’s lives matter.ELLEN BLAIS
Mansfield
Facts were missed
In last week’s hyper-bolic diatribe “Enough is enough,” Mr. English misses a remarkable number of facts, even for “We The People” types. WTP did not elect Don-ald Trump, and neither did the Republican Party; he was elected by the Electoral College, having come up 2,868,600 votes behind Clinton.
My dream 2020 elec-tion result would be Trump over Biden by 4,000,000 votes and Biden over Trump by one elec-toral vote. Then, perhaps, we would get rid of that anachronism by which the loser in the popular vote takes office.
Another misrepresen-tation: this pandemic is not “the worst pandemic the world has ever seen.” In the 1919 Spanish flu pandemic, more than 675,000 Americans died out of 29,400,000 infected, 28% of the population. The black plague killed an estimated 137,000,000 people in the 14th cen-
tury.Now, no one denies
Mr. English’s right to fabricate facts to suit his purpose (which seems to be a pandemic of its own nowadays), nor his right to be an anarchist “I …will not be ruled by anything or anyone”, pre-sumably including laws, elected governments and the like. Pelosi is not a queen, nor Trump an emperor.
And from whom does he want to take America back? Jews? Hispanics? Blacks? Muslims? Demo-crats? The poor? I wasn’t aware that anyone had “taken” America from anyone else. Perhaps he could be more specific about the people he is talking about.
Imagine being proud of “electing” a game show host, failed busi-nessman, serial phi-landerer and supreme egotist to the presidency. Hillary Clinton is still not “locked up,” the pandemic has not mi-raculously disappeared as he hoped, the check from Mexico isn’t even in the mail, and where is his “great” replacement for Obamacare which he touted in 2017?
Rant on, but at least make some effort to get your facts straight.
JIM TUTAKWellsboro
LETTERS...Continued from Page 4A
Wellsboro audiologist Dr. Richard Strauch has written a book, entitled “The Truth about Hear-ing Loss.”
“Over the years, hav-ing seen thousands of patients, I’ve observed how much misinforma-tion there is out there about the effects untreat-ed hearing loss has on a patient’s physical, mental and emotional well-be-ing and in a larger sense, their quality of life,” said Dr. Strauch. “Depression, isolation, loneliness and an increased possibil-ity of developing brain issues like Alzheimer’s and dementia are all consequences of simply ‘living with’ hearing dif-ficulties. Many of today’s Baby Boomers are trying to stay physically and so-cially active in their later years, and hearing loss
can go a long way in de-priving this group of all life has to offer.”
“ U n f o r t u n a t e l y , there’s a severe lack of ac-
curate information about where to go and what to do about hearing diffi-culties,” Dr. Strauch said. “For example, while the internet can be a won-derful resource to ac-cess information on just about anything, it can be a disastrous place to visit when ‘shopping’ for hearing aids. Add to that the constant barrage of direct mail ads offer-ing too-good-to-be-true ‘deals’ and consumers simply don’t know where to turn. The end result; folks either get burned or simply give up and do nothing.”
The book is a “how-to” guide to help individuals who don’t know where to turn find both profes-sional help and the mo-tivation to do something about their hearing dif-ficulties.
“In part that is truly one of the book’s goals,” said Dr. Strauch. “How-ever, in a broader sense it’s a resource written in laymen’s terms exploring the causes of a number of ear-related problems and the consequences that arise from doing noth-ing. It’s not a lengthy read, and is straight and to the point.”
There is no charge for the publication. “It’s free, so consider it a contri-bution to my neighbors here in the area.” Says Dr. Strauch. Since the cost of mailing would be prohibitive, Dr. he asks individuals planning on obtaining a copy to sim-ply call his office and ar-range a time to pick it up at: 570-724-4042 His of-fice is located at 2-B Waln Street, across from the Penn Wells Hotel.
Local audiologist authors book
photo by NATALIE KENNEDY
Wellsboro audiologist Dr. Richad Strauch holds a copy of this book, “The Truth About Hearing Loss.”
Motorists are advised that from Sunday, Aug. 9 to Tuesday, Aug. 18, Route 6 in Delmar Town-ship will be closed be-tween T-483 (Hilboldt Road) and T-485 (Wolf Run Road) due to the ongoing bridge replace-ment project. The bridge, which spans a tributary to Marsh Creek is lo-cated one mile north of Wellsboro and one mile south of the intersection of Route 287 and Route 6.
Car detour routes in-clude:
• Route 287 car de-tour will use Route 4035 (Catlin Hollow Road) and Route 4002 (Charleston Road).
• Route 6 car detour
will use Route 362/660 and Route 287.
Truck detour routes include:
• Route 287 and Route 6 will use Route 362/660 and Route 287.
Glenn O. Hawbaker is the primary contractor for this $655,556 bridge replacement project.
Work is expected to be completed on the bridge project by Saturday, Aug. 22, weather permitting.
Motorists should be alert, slow down, and ex-pect delays in travel.
Work on this project will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state De-partment of Health guid-ance as well as a project-
specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social dis-tancing, use of face cov-erings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the jobsite, and relevant training.
Subscribe to PennDOT news in Bradford, Co-lumbia, Lycoming, Mon-tour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union counties at www.penndot.gov/Dis-trict3.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic de-
lay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by fol-lowing regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
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Route 6 closed in Delmar Twp. Aug. 9-18
By Victoria [email protected]
TIOGA — Borough council here shared their excitement about getting funds to pay for work at the town pool.
At the Aug. 3 meeting, council members said that the borough secured grants from the Taber and Packer Foundations to help redo the pool floor. The work was done by Keith Stone Creations. Members of the council said the floor in the main pool is beautifully done and, although it may look slippery, it is not due to the non-slip coating on it.
The toddler pool will be worked on next and will have the same floor-ing as the main pool.
ATVs are a concern for the council members be-cause people are driving them on streets that are not permitted for their use. Residents have ex-pressed complaints of loud sounds and misuse to council. A member said that they hear one at night outside of their home. An unidentified but known individuals will be questioned about
the incidents.A donation request
was received to help maintain a cemetery out-side of the borough. The council reviewed and concluded that, because the location is outside of the borough, a donation from the borough could not be made. However, if residents want to make personal donations, they can send a check and it will be accepted and turned over to the cem-etery.
A borough resident raised a concern regard-ing another resident. She claimed that people seem to have poor feelings to-ward the individual and it is becoming hard on them. She did not under-stand why there was a no trespassing order against him. The council said that the order was placed because of the belligerent behavior that was shown previously; however, the resident can still attend the council meetings.
The next Tioga Bor-ough Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Tioga Borough excited for pool
By Donna LeSchanderCorrespondent
WELLSBORO — Sev-eral weeks ago, the Ga-zette reported on the Pen Pal program at Broad Acres Skilled Nursing Facility in Charleston Township. Since then, residents at Broad Acres have been flooded with letters from all over the United States and abroad.
Bethany Schweigart, director of business development at Broad Acres, said, “We have been so blessed with the number of letters re-ceived. and work every single day at responding to every one of them. Each has received up to 60 letters; between all the residents in the pro-gram, we’ve received close to 300.”
Schweigart bought a U.S. map to keep track of where the letters come from. “We have hit every state except Iowa, Wyoming, New Mexico and Kansas, “ she says. “We’ve received let-ters from Canada, and one resident, Nancy, received a letter from Europe, which thrilled her.”
Hazel B. is a Broad Acres resident and a re-tired school bus driver.
“This has been abso-lutely wonderful,” she said. “I got about 60 let-ters – I have five or six right here in my hand. People are sending me pictures of their kids, their dogs; I try to work every day to answer them all.”
Hazel actually re-connected with an old friend through the Pen
Pal program.“I had a wonder-
ful close friend named Vickie in Wellsboro for years. She was a nurse. Well, then I moved to Florida and we lost touch, but she heard about the Pen Pal pro-gram and wrote to me, and I wrote back, and we’re in touch again.”
Schweigart said, “Ha-zel cried reading the let-ter and I had tears with her. It was amazing to have someone reconnect after all of these years. If I could pick one reward-ing moment, it would be that one.”
If needed, the resi-dents get assistance from staff to write re-turn letters.
“Hazel talks, and I type every word she says,” Schweigart said. “Sometimes she’ll say, ‘Oh, I shouldn’t say that – don’t write that!’”
Schweigart noted that some residents who were hesitant to join the Pen Pal program have reconsidered, and that more interested resi-dents are joining this week.
The Pen Pal program is still accepting letters and cards from would-
be correspondents. If in-terested, simply address a card or letter to Pen Pals, Broad Acres, 1883 Shumway Hill Road, Wellsboro, PA 16901. Staff will forward the mail to an appropriate resident.
The Pen Pal program is done with full con-sent of the residents in-volved and does not vio-late HIPAA regulations meant to protect their se-curity and safety. Cards are held for 48 hours and packages for 72 hours, in accordance with current safety guidelines.
Storm of letters to Broad Acres
photo provided
Broad Acres residents taking part in the pen pal program are (front row, from left) Hazel B., Nancy P., Kathleen E. Here, they pose with Activities Director Sherry Anderegg (back left) and Bethany Schweigart, director of business development (back right).
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Susquehanna Home Care & Hospice, a part of UPMC in the Susque-hanna region, has been recognized by Strategic Healthcare Programs as a “Superior Performer” for achieving an over-all caregiver and fam-ily satisfaction score that ranked in the top 20% of all eligible SHP clients for the 2019 calendar year.
“It’s an honor to be rec-ognized and highlights the compassion of our team,” said Patricia Mc-Gee, vice president, clini-cal operations, Susque-hanna Home Care & Hospice. “I’m grateful to work with an amazing team of caregivers who share an unwavering commitment to the living and dying, who make the care and comfort of our patients and families their highest priority.”
The annual SHPBest award program was cre-ated to acknowledge hospice providers that consistently provide high-quality service to families and caregiv-ers of patients receiving hospice care. The 2019 award recipients were determined by review-
ing and ranking the overall CAHPS Hospice survey satisfaction score for more than 1,400 hos-pice providers. With one of the largest CAHPS Hospice benchmarks in the nation, SHP is in a unique position to iden-tify and recognize orga-nizations that have made family and caregiver sat-isfaction a priority and have been rewarded for their efforts with high marks on the CAHPS Hospice survey.
“SHP is proud to pres-ent the SHPBest awards to our top-performing customers. We commend these organizations for their continuous focus on delivering the high-est quality of care to their patients,” said Rob Pauls-son, president of SHP.
Read more about the SHPBest awards pro-gram, including method-ology and award recipi-ent lists at https://www.shpdata.com/hospice/shpbest-cahps-hospice/.
For more information on Susquehanna Home Care & Hospice, visit U PMC Su s q ue h a n n a .org/hospice.
UPMC recognized for quality hospice services
