Category: Community
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48 Years On: Personal Memories of the Kennedy Assassination
Read more: 48 Years On: Personal Memories of the Kennedy AssassinationThanksgiving week usually brings happy memories of holidays past, but 48 years ago today our nation mourned in stunned silence when a President was murdered. Jane Gittler, a Berwick native and long-time Bloomsburg resident was an 18 year old nursing student in Washington, DC in November of 1963. She recalls her experiences in the days following the assassination as she stood in line with thousands of others to see President Kennedy lying in state at the US Capitol. Washington, D.C., November 22, 1963. I walked out of my chemistry midterm shortly after noon on that Friday. The director of the…
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Local Volunteers Prepare for TreeFest ’11
Read more: Local Volunteers Prepare for TreeFest ’11Members of Bloomsburg University’s Alpha Tau Omega fraternity Cub Scout Pack 33, and other volunteers help set up TreeFest Saturday morning, 19 November at the Caldwell Consistory. TreeFest will be held November 25, 26 and 27, and December 2, 3 and 4.
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Sunday Slowdown: Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Read more: Sunday Slowdown: Do Schools Kill Creativity?I don’t know about you, but I just looked up and the winter holiday season seems to bearing down on us in a big way. Getting ready for Thanksgiving and everything that follows is a signal that the school year is approaching its mid-point. I can remember getting to this time of the year growing up in Bloomsburg and feeling that sense of hope, a hope that school was turning a corner. I had some amazingly interesting and creative experiences at BHS, but there were too many times I hoped the year would come to a close. With that said,…
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Remember When: Thanksgiving
Read more: Remember When: ThanksgivingThis week, “Remember When” is taking a trip to the dining room table in honor of (of course) Thanksgiving. Growing up in Bloomsburg, Thanksgiving for me always meant dinner at my grandparents’ home with a roasted turkey (the only turkey dinner we had all year), mashed potatoes (my mother was in charge of them as there were never any lumps when she was at the hand-mixer), gravy, stuffing (Stove Top, because my uncle and I insisted on it), cranberry sauce (of course), the most sugary sweet corn casserole imaginable (because my grandmother has an unquenchable sweet tooth) and broccoli salad…
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TreeFest Heralds Holidays’ Beginning
Read more: TreeFest Heralds Holidays’ BeginningCelebrating the unique connection between the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble’s commitment of bringing live, professional theatre to our region and the Town of Bloomsburg, TreeFest once again heralds the beginning of the local holiday season. This year, TreeFest will be held November 25, 26 and 27, and December 2, 3 and 4 at the Caldwell Consistory, located north of the town fountain at 150 Market Street. The celebration begins with the area’s growers donating over 140 trees, then hundreds of people including community volunteers, youth groups, florists and garden clubs set up and decorate the rooms and trees which are…
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The View from Here: Backstage BTE
Read more: The View from Here: Backstage BTEThe Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble has been a staple in our town since its founding in 1978. Their primary mission is to “establish a resident professional ensemble for the production of quality entertainment and educational programs for the region, and to promote the arts.” From the BTE website: Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is unique in the United States and rare in the world; a resident ensemble that has over 30 years of experience together, BTE is comprised of both founding and new members to make up one of the most celebrated groups of artists in theatre. American Theatre Magazine calls BTE “a…
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Bloomsburg Nursing Leader Elected to Post in Nursing Honor Society
Read more: Bloomsburg Nursing Leader Elected to Post in Nursing Honor SocietyThe Community Accomplishments Column focuses on the great things local people are doing both in town and around the world. If you have an accomplishment that you would like to see featured, feel free to email us at info@thebloomsburgdaily.com. Dee Welk, Faculty Emeritus of the Department of Nursing, Bloomsburg University, and member of the BU Theta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the Honor Society of Nursing, was recently elected to the Indiana-based STTI’s Board of Directors and as the Chair of the Regional Chapters Coordinating Committee. The mission of the Honor Society of Nursing is to support…
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A View From There: Kilimanjaro (Part 4 of 4)
Read more: A View From There: Kilimanjaro (Part 4 of 4)Kilimanjaro. Africa’s highest mountain. Wishing to raise money for health care and education for the children of Kenya, the sister and brother team of Veronica and Richard Smiley, in partnership with the March to the Top Foundation, climbed Kilimanjaro this past August, raising $25,000 in the process. While putting together the articles on Veronica and Richard, there were simply too many wonderful photographs to choose from. Rather than leave them out, TBD decided that we would simply extend the series one more day and share as many of the Smiley’s photographs as possible. Part One of this series detailed the…
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The View from Here: The Churches of Bloomsburg
Read more: The View from Here: The Churches of BloomsburgThe Bloomsburg Daily was founded out of a desire to document our town, to let us all see the sights and activity of happening around us in our community: The Bad, The Good, The Places we pass for years without seeing. Bloomsburg Daily Photographer Bob Rush set out to capture some of these images of our town. What he returned with surprised and delighted us all — images of our favorite churches retouched as oil paintings.
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Bloomsburg Natives Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Part 3 of 4)
Read more: Bloomsburg Natives Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Part 3 of 4)Kilimanjaro. Africa’s highest mountain. Wishing to raise money for health care and education for the children of Kenya, the sister and brother team of Veronica and Richard Smiley, in partnership with the March to the Top Foundation, climbed Kilimanjaro this past August, raising $25,000 in the process. This is Part Three in The Bloomsburg Daily’s Four Part series on Bloomsburg natives Ronnie and Rick. This third installment looks at the New Hope Orphanage and the Children that Veronica and Richard were inspired to help. Part One of this series detailed the inspiration and preparation for the climb and can be…