E Section Jersey Shore - Williamsport-Sun Gazette

E-10 Progress 2008 Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Thursday, March 13, 2008 

What unique about your community? 

The sun streaming 

through the stained glass 

windows of the former 

Methodist church helps add 

to the calming and welcoming 

environment, now under the 

care of new full-time librarian 

Charlene Brungard. 

A warm staff adds to the 

comfort, according to Brungard. 

“The staff here are very 

welcoming to the people who 

come in. They’re very willing 

to help and accommodate 

people and that’s half the battle,” 

she said. 

Last year nearly 25,000 

people visited the library. 

“That’s pretty good, actually 

and things seem to be picking 

up just since I’ve been here,” 

said Brungard. 

Also bringing patrons to 

the cozy library are classes 

and programs. “We have a 

weekly story time program at 

10 every Thursday morning” 

which will soon be lead by library 

staff as opposed to volunteers 

who previously led 

the program. 

Brungard said that the 

same person reading the stories 

each week will help families 

and young children establish 

a relationship with the library 

and the staff. Volunteers 

will hopefully be used to 

lead evening story times in 

the future. 

A family-oriented program 

will begin this month. One 

program will focus on teaching 

childhood care givers 

“what their role is in getting 

the young child to read and to 

read with them and to them 

before they hit school age,” 

Brungard said. 

Internet classes for adults 

and seniors may also be in the 

near future. 

There are about 20,000 

materials for patrons to check 

out and read at the library. 

Eight public use computers 

and DVDs and movies to rent 

are other services provided 

free to those with a library 

card. 

The children’s room of the 

library is painted with a scenic 

and serene forest scene. It 

also boasts a stage area for 

story time. 

Another room in the library, 

the Tiadaghton Room, 

houses local history and genealogical 

materials. 

Many loyal patrons visit 

the Jersey Shore Public Library. 

“I’ve definitely found 

that there are a lot of loyal patrons 

who come in here and, 

not only to just take out materials, 

but who just want to 

help out the library in general. 

They may do something as 

simple as bringing a snack into 

the staff or come into drop 

off books for the book sale,” 

Brungard said. 

Jersey Shore 

Senior Center 

It might be kind of hard to 

find if your not familiar with 

the layout of the borough, but 

once you do find the Jersey 

Shore Senior Center, the benefits 

are definitely worth it 

according to center director, 

Brenda McDermit. About 30 

to 35 people visit the center 

(See Page E-11) 

Daniel Darby 


“The streets 

around here at 10 

at night are quiet, 

which is great 

(From Page E-9) 

Keeping busy 

For Mayor Lehman, the 

year holds many highlights 

for Jersey Shore. Events like 

Town Meeting, the Fair Play 

Men/Tiadaghton Elm Ceremony, 

Relay for Life and Loyalty 

Day are just a few of the 

borough’s annual highlights. 

“This year we will be hosting 

the flea market that was 

held at Poust’s Taxidermy 

during Memorial Day, Fourth 

of July and Labor Day Weekends,” 

Lehman said. “I hope to 

be able to bring back the 

“Fanny in the Susquehanny” 

float, but have it begin at the 

Tiadaghton Elm location and 

end at our downtown boat 

lunch location.” 

Lehman hopes that a a 

float down the river could include 

borough-wide festivities. 

“Events like this take a 

lot of effort and I hope that 

people who are creative and 

get excited about events like 

this step up and contact me 

and get involved to help organize 

new events for our 

town,” he said. 

Town Meeting 

A weekend event in 1962 

has grown to include a parade, 

pageants, fireworks, 

rides, free entertainment and 

more. The event, now known 

as Town Meeting, was first 

held Jan. 9, 1962 and started 

out as a family-style picnic at 

Richmond Park. 

The tradition of the Queen 

Tiadaghton has been active 

since 1969. Those eligible are 

from the Jersey Shore Area 

School District. Candidates 

compete in an interview during 

a queen’s tea. “Judges ask 

them questions and they answer. 

They’re picked, but 

they’re not crowned until the 

Thursday after the parade,” 

Kathy Hensler, one of the 

event organizers said. 

The title of Queen 

Tiadaghton comes from the 

borough’s historic Elm tree 

along Pine Creek. A group of 

frontiersmen, called “Fair 

Play Men” met at the 

Tiadaghton on July 4, 1776 

and signed their decree of independence 

from British rule. 

According to borough 

records, this was before the 

men knew Continental Congress 

had adopted the Declaration 

of Independence that 

same day in Philadelphia. 

The Baby Sweetheart contest 

is for children ages 3 to 5. 

Canisters are placed in different 

stores throughout town 

and citizens vote with pennies. 

The contest winner is 

crowned after the parade as 

well. 

Young men are not left out 

of all the fun. A town crier is 

chosen from the junior boys at 

Jersey Shore Junior-Senior 

High School by the teachers 

and guidance counselors by 

grades, activities and community 

involvement. 

The tradition is continued 

in honor of Bernard Gains, 

Jersey Shore’s first Town 

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“We’re a stubborn 

set of people. We 

don’t give up easy 

... The people here 

really care about 

their town.” 

Crier in 1965 who was killed 

in the Vietnam War. The town 

crier wears knickers, a threecornered 

hat, colonial attire 

and carries a hand bell, 

Hensler said. 

Free entertainment, admission 

and parking are part 

of the Town Meeting all week 

long. Every night of the week 

has a different band and Saturday 

night has fireworks. 

The celebration is a 

fundraiser for the Jersey 

Shore Town Meeting organization 

which raises money for 

the fireworks, Santa Claus’s 

visit and parade at Christmastime 

and the borough’s 

Christmas lights. The only 

year there was no Town Meeting 

was 1972, due to the flood. 


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each day she said. 

Seniors can meet at the 

center daily for a hot lunch 

(the cost is a donation) and 

“all kinds of activities,” Mc- 

Dermit said. Those activities 

stretch from cards, to spoof 

beauty pageants where the 

men dress up as women, field 

trips to locations like the 

Flight 93 memorial in 

Shankesville and speakers 

like lawyers, pharmacists and 

state representatives. 

A weight resistance and 

balance exercise class is held 

on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

“They’re finding out a lot of 

people fall because of lack of 

balance,” McDermit said. “It’s 

amazing because anyone can 

do these exercises and 

should.” 

This past New Year’s eve, 

McDermit organized the 10th 

annual party at the center 

which lasted until 1 a.m. 

“I heard so many people 

say ’I’m going to be home 

alone and watch the ball.’ 

Well, you shouldn’t!” McDermit 

said. 

Weekdays from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., those over 60 years 

old gather at the 641 Cemetery 

Street location. Although, 

McDermit said, people 

who are younger often 

come for the camaraderie and 

fun and many of the visitors 

are in their late 80s. 

Those two things, McDermit 

said “help keep everyone 

healthy,” adding that there 

have been people referred to 

the center because of depression 

who became less depressed. 

“We drew her out of 

her shell. And I attribute that 

to the neat personalities that 

come here,” McDermit said of 

the seniors at the center. 

One celebration recently 

held at the center was Kazoo 

Day, where each person 

played the plastic musical instrument. 

“It sounds bizarre,” Mc- 

Dermit admitted. “But they 

have a blast!” 

“You can’t help but create 

bonds with these people,” Mc- 

Dermit said. “Sometimes 

when they’re family lives out 

of state, you become their 

adopted daughter.” 

After 14 years of working 

with the Bi-County Office of 

Aging, McDermit has learned 

a few things. “Anyone should 

use them,” she said of senior 

centers. “Get over the idea 

that it’s a nursing home type 

thing. It’s not. They’re very active... 

fun, friendly and active. 

I don’t know how else to explain 

it.” 

She has some advice, too. 

“Be yourself and always 

have fun. Don’t act old. You’re 

going to get older anyway, so 

why act it? If you can’t have 

fun, you’re missing out on 

life.” 

Pine Creek Rail Trail 

One vital stop on a trail 

that could eventually connect 

New York to Maryland is Jersey 

Shore. Currently the borough 

is the southern most 

point on a trail of an abandoned 

railroad beds 62.6 

miles long beginning in Ansonia, 

Tioga County. 

According to the state Department 

of Conservation 

and Natural Resources in 

1883 the Jersey Shore, Pine 

Creek and Buffalo railroads 

began carrying timber to 

sawmills in Tiadaghton, 

Cammal and Slate Run. 

By 1896, move than 7 million 

tons of freight and three 

passenger trails road those 

rails daily from Wellsboro to 

Williamsport. 

Where those rails once 

were is now one of the 10 best 

hiking trails in the world according 

to USA Today. 

A welcome center, in the 

form of a refurbished New 

York Central Railroad caboose, 

welcomes visitors to 

the trail head in the borough 

and provides visitors with information 

and pamphlets on 

the trail and the Pa. Wilds. 

According to county transportation 

planner Mark Murawski, 

a river front improvement 

project is in the works 

and a study has been done on 

the cost of extending the trail 

system through the borough. 

“Some of the ideas,” for the 

proposed park between the 

Susquehanna River and 

Main Street, “includes an amphitheater 

for community 

events,” Murawski said. 

Building could start as soon 

as 2009. 

“The county is excited 

about what Jersey Shore is 

doing and we applaud their 

leadership in recognizing the 

value of recreational assets to 

promote tourism and community 

revitalization,” he said. 

A 2006 economic impact 

survey of the trail showed 

that overwhelming, most trail 

users are from Pennsylvania, 

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Hillside Cabin 

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about 86 percent. Out of state 

visitors were primarily from 

New York, Maryland and 

New Jersey. Although residents 

of 20 other states said 

they used the trail, one visitor 

from Canada and one from 

the United Kingdom enjoyed 

nature’s beauty of the Pine 

Creek Rail Trail. 

The same survey, done by 

Pine Creek Valley Is located in North 

Central Pennsylvania. Historically, Pine Creek 

and its tributaries provided lumbermen a way 

to float their logs to the many sawmills down 

stream. Railroads later assisted in this process 

and brought people into the valley, encour - 

aging the building of stores and inns, and 

eventually whole villages. 

Today Pine Creek Valley offers the traveler 

a remarkable variety of outdoor recreational 

activities including Pine Creek Rail Trail, 

Pennsylvania Grand Canyon, Tioga and 

Tiadaghton State Forests, miles of stocked and 

wild trout streams, horseback riding, hiking 

trails, white water canoeing, rafting, 

Beulahland State Game Lands, Black Forest 

Natural Area, Watkins Glen, Animal Land, 

Finger Lake Wineries, Pennsylvania Lumber 

Museum and many more attractions. 

DCNR, said the trail had 

about 125,000 visitors the 

previous year and generated 

economic impact, especially in 

cycling equipment and 

rentals, of more than $1.4 

million and overnight accommodation 

of more than $1.8 

million. 

“The main thing to point 

our here is that Jersey Shore 

is the gateway to the Pennsylvania 

Wilds,” Murawski said. 

“Jersey Shore Borough is 

part of a larger picture in this 

region. They could turn out to 

be an extremely important 

aspect of the largest trail system 

in Pennsylvania,” he 

said. “That’s why we’re investing 

the time and the money 

as a county.” 

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programs and more are available 

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Street location. 

The larger gym is downstairs. 

“That’s where volleyball, 

basketball and a large portion 

of our after school activities 

take place,” Program Director 

Seth Welsh said. In the smaller 

gym are aerobics classes 

and batting cages. 

“We’re going to try and get 

some programs and classes 

targeted at middle school students,” 

Welsh said. 

Those programs would use 

the weight room to teach children 

proper work out techniques, 

he said. A racquetball 

court, now offering free court 

time to members, will hopefully 

be used to bring back a 

racquetball league. 

Basketball programs serve 

children from 4-year-olds 

through high school aged students, 

Welsh said. 

A preschool program “’Y’ 

Kids Learn” provides classes 

fore preschoolers in the mornings. 

“That’s probably one of 

our most successful programs 

every year.” 

Teens can take advantage 

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Welsh said. One part of the 

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An expanding membership 

is one hope of the Jersey 

Shore YMCA. “What we’re 

hoping to do is get the community 

more involved with 

the YMCA by adding more of 

a variety of programs than in 

the past. Our merger with the 

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is going to give us the ability 

to offer more programs because 

we’ll have more resources 

... Our main goal is to 

get the community more involved 

with the YMCA and 

get more people involved in 

the area.” 

One way to bring in more 

members is the current aerobics/yoga 

March Madness 

promotion, offering free aerobic 

and yoga classes to members 

and non-members alike. 

In the fall of 2007, the local 

“Y” received a new executive 

director. Elisabeth Miranda 

found her way to the borough 

after working for the YMCA 

in New York and at the corporate 

headquarters before 

working as contractor in Iraq, 

organizing recreation and entertainment 

to those at military 

bases in Baquba and 

Kurkuk, Iraq. 

Future Prospects 

As Jersey Shore looks to 

the future, the revitalization 

of the “downtown business 

district” is on the minds of 

those volunteering with the 

Main Street program, an extension 

of Our Towns 2010. 

Regional Main Street Director, 

Becky Fought, said the 

initiative is made of up four 

committees — design, organization, 

promotion and economic 

restructuring. 

“Jersey Shore, at least it 

appears, that with the Pine 

Creek Trail, they’re going to 

be gearing toward more recreational 

(businesses),” Fought 

said, when explaining that 

“economic restructuring” includes 

looking for businesses 

to fill storefronts. 

“If you have a thriving 

downtown, it spreads out 

throughout your community. 

It has a rippling effect,” she 

said. 

Jersey Shore business 

owner and Main Street volunteer, 

James Ely, explained the 

program as “an organization 

to get people involved in revitalizing 

main streets in small 

towns.” 

New businesses and increased 

downtown traffic is 

what Ely said could be 

brought to Jersey Shore 

through the project. 

“I was born and raised in 

Jersey Shore and I lived here 

prior to 1972 when the flood 

came,” Ely said, reminiscing 

about the hotels and variety 

of stores the borough had 

then. 

“It was a thriving community. 

We’re trying to get back 

to that and I think that with 

the Main Street Program we 

can do that. It also takes people,” 

he said. 

Ely agreed that the presence 

and continual growth of 

the Rail Trail means that Jersey 

Shore may look toward 

recreational businesses to 

help develop their downtown. 

“We are in a recreation 

area. We are the gateway to 

the Pine Creek Valley. It’s going 

to continue to be that,” Ely 

said, adding businesses may 

be brought to the area to 

serve hunters, fishermen, 

campers and other recreational 

enthusiasts. 

Jersey Shore can boast of 

it’s historical significance, 

churches, education system 

and more. For the future, Ely 

hopes for the borough to return 

to its prime. “My hope is 

to see it thrive again,” he said. 

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atelatovich@sungazette.com 

“M y borough is 

made up of 

great people 

who are concerned and passionate 

about its future,” Jersey 

Shore Mayor Mark 

Lehman said. “They are a 

great group of people.” 

Waynesburg, which became 

Jersey Shore in 1826, 

was laid out by the Manning 

brothers in 1785. The name 

was officially adopted after 

the settlers of Nippenose 

Township referred to the community 

on the west bank of 

the West Branch of the 

Susquehanna River as the 

Jersey Shore, since the Manning’s 

relocated to the area 

from New Jersey. 

The 1.2-square mile borough 

was home to 3,070 people 

in 1900 and in 2000 the 

home to 4,482 people in 1,771 

households, according to census 

data. 

A favor 

When asked why he wants 

to hold public office, Mayor 

Lehman said he began his political 

career “as a favor to 

this community.” 

His father, Ralph Lehman, 

held the public office from 

1998-2002. During those 

years, Lehman said his father 

“persuaded the borough council” 

to allow the Department 

of Conservation and Natural 

Resources and the county to 

“spend close to $1 million renovating 

the rail road bridge 

over Route 220 near Pine 

Creek and creating the Pine 

Creek Rail-Trail access point, 

located behind Weis Market.” 

That project, Lehman said, 

cost borough residents “nothing.” 

Jack Wolfe, mayor from 

2002 to 2006, saw the Rail- 

Trail project through his 

term. 

“I was asked to keep the 

ball rolling and the project 

was complete July of 2006,” 

Lehman said. 

During that time, Lehman 

was instrumental in expanding 

the River Walk idea and 

two safe walking/biking 

routes. 

“This project would not 

have come about without support 

from a great core group 

of Jersey Shore residents who 

worked diligently for over 18 

months along with our county 

and state officials,” Lehman 

said. 

When it comes to Jersey 

Shore residents, they are concerned 

with the condition and 

appearance of property in the 

borough. 

“One of the biggest comments 

I receive from residents 

is code enforcement. 

2008 will be the year of the 

codes and rental property inspection,” 

Lehman said. “Jersey 

Shore has four members 

of council working with a resident 

of the borough who is an 

engineer for a local firm who 

specializes in code conformity. 

They will be diligent to make 

Jersey Shore a safer community 

by creating a code compliant 

and publicly safe rental 

market.” 

Lehman, who has lived in 

the borough for 37 years, said 

the citizens of the borough 

make it great. 

“My favorite part of the 

borough are its people and 

the stories they tell of famous 

boot leggers, Indians and 

founders of this great town.” 

When telling others about 

his home, Lehman said he 

first has to explain this Jersey 

Shore is “not close to the 

ocean.” 

After that, he tells of the 

borough’s potential. 

“I truly think Jersey Shore 

has the potential of becoming 

the Greatest Town in Pennsylvania. 

DCNR, our government 

and our county planning 

department and commissioners 

have supported 

Jersey Shore’s efforts over the 

last two years to come into 

alignment with the state 

goals to create a gateway 

community for the Pine 

Creek Rail Trail,” Lehman 

said. 

“We can become great!” 

Memorial mural 

“One of my favorite locations 

in downtown Jersey 

Shore is Veterans Park and 

that incredible memorial 

painting created in 2007,” 

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beams of light guiding readers through the stacks 


Nancy Houtz, development director of the Walnut Street Christian School, spends 

some quality time with some elementary students on their way back to class from 

lunch. 

Lehman said. 

Primarily painted by 

Michael Adams of Norristown, 

the mural ties together 

military heroes, the local history 

and Christianity. Other 

artists Adams credited were 

Art Robinson, Chris Budrow 

and Marguerite Bierman. 

Bible verses and a Thomas 

Jefferson quote work together 

to help all who see the mural 

understand its significance. 

As soon as one enters the 

borough on Alleghany Street 

or Main Street, the colorful 

mural is seen, creating a 

bright and welcoming scene. 

“What an absolutely beautiful 

beginning to Jersey 

Shore's future,” Lehman said 

during the mural’s dedication 

service, Sept. 9 of 2007. 

The mural is dedicated to 

the late Lt. Fredrick N. Callahan. 

Business climate 

Business and Jersey Shore 

is a combination that makes 

many people think of 1972 

when a flood washed much of 

the town away. But many 

store owners have remained 

loyal to the area, despite the 

threat of flood, and plan on 

staying put. 

Sheryl Bernard and Laura 

Winkelman have owned the 

256 Allegheny Street business, 

The Jersey Shore Bookshop, 

for nearly three years. 

Most of the customers who 

visit the store are local. Out of 

the nearly 300 members of 

the newly created mailing 

list, about 65 percent are from 

Jersey Shore, Bernard said. 

“It’s growing slowly,” 

Bernard said of the number of 

customers. Over the years, 

business has tripled. 

“We have everything from 

the wonder-eyed little child to 

the sullen little child to people 

who are true book lovers, people 

who are just looking for 

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tion,” Bernard said when describing 

her customers. 

If given the opportunity to 

start from scratch again, 

Bernard said she would keep 

the business in the borough. 

“One (reason) is the people. 

And because it’s half-way 

between Lock Haven and 

Williamsport. It’s 15 minutes 

from those towns. And people 

can shop safely here,” she 

said. 

Tim and Wendy Wool, owners 

of Wool’s True Value, are 

in their fourth year of business. 

“It’s a very loyal business,” 

Tim Wool said. “Probably 90 

percent of our people are from 

Jersey Shore, Nippenose Valley, 

English Center, Waterville. 

We draw people from 

Beech Creek and Milesburg 

because they know the name 

True Value.” 

Liking downtown 

The owners said they like 

owning a downtown business, 

at 237 Allegheny Street, because 

“it’s not nearly congested 

as uptown. It seems like 

over the past 30 years, most 

new businesses want to focus 

out of the flood plane and do it 

up town.” 

Wool said he would advise 

others who may be considering 

opening a business in his 

hometown to do so. 

“It’s a real good place (to 

have a business). I think we 

need more business in Jersey 

Shore, especially with gas 

prices where they are,” Wool 

said. 

One disadvantage to owning 

a small store in a small 

town is in the world of big box 

and discount stores, “people 

come to a little store and expect 

you to have an inventory 

like they have. Where if you 

had more little stores in town, 

maybe you could cover all 

your bases and each store 

wouldn’t have to be that.” 

Rose Aprea has owned 

Russell’s Florist & Greenhouse 

at 204 S. Main St. for 

12 years in a building that 

was once a bank. She said 

Jersey Shore brings a wide 

variety of customers. 

“They’re young and old. 

Men and women. It’s all 

mixed,” Aprea said. 

But due to the nature of 

her business, customers make 

contact from all over the 

world to send flowers locally. 

“I like what I do. I’d be doing 

it whether or not I had a 

business,” Aprea said, when 

asked what is the best of owning 

a business in Jersey 

Shore. When Russell’s became 

available for sale, she 

grabbed the opportunity. 

She will continue to own 

the business “until I am carried 

out feet first,” she said. 

“And then hopefully someone 

will take it over. The place has 

been here so long.” 

Aprea said she would encourage 

others to open a business 

in Jersey Shore “because 

it’s a great little town and we 

want to see it grow.” If she had 

to do it all over again, she said 

she would “absolutely” purchase 

the borough business. 

Customers make 

business 

Erv Rauch, owner of Erv’s 

Meat Market, said the best 

part of owning a Jersey Shore 

business is “having all the 

customers as family. We probably 

have the nicest customers.” 

Those customers are the 

best part of owning a borough 

business, he said, including 

them in his list of friends. 

“I started out in this business 

when I was 20,” Rauch 

said. “I just always enjoyed 

it.” He purchased the 229 S. 

Main St. business after working 

for others for 15 years. 

“There is only one reason I 

wouldn’t open here, because 

it’s in the flood plane,” Rauch 

said. 

“I’m really happy with just 

the way things are,” Rauch 

said about the business climate 

in Jersey Shore, adding 

that more businesses would 

be a step in the right direction. 

Rauch’s business is the 

oldest meat market in county 

and “possibly the oldest meat 

market left in Pa.,” he said, 

documented to as early as 

1896. 

Business future in 


For the future of business 

in the borough, Bernard 

hopes the feeling remains the 

same. 

“I want to keep its hometown 

flavor. Because people 

say “Hi” to you on the street 

here, you don't’ have to turn 

your face away. Number two, I 

would like to see more business 

in town so that our children 

can stay here and work 

here and make a decent living.” 

A clothing store, a river 

walk and more “to draw people 

in” is needed to help Jersey 

Shore business thrive 

again, Wendy Wool said. “In 

the early 60s and in the 70s, 

Jersey Shore had any kind of 

business you could blink an 

eye at,” Tim Wool said, adding 

that after the flood many never 

returned. 

The two agreed that 

adding new businesses and 

stores would keep those who 

grew up in the borough there. 

“They’re losing the tax basis 

in Jersey Shore. They need to 

promote Jersey Shore as far 

as a business stand point. It’s 

a great town to raise kids. We 

don’t have the crime and 

problems that the big cities 

have,” he said. 

Aprea said she hopes Jersey 

Shore remains “a nice little 

town. With local businesses, 

that the local businesses 

don’t die out because of the 

mall ... That happens in small 

towns,” she warned. 

Rail-Trail business 

“I’ve heard comments from 

a chef who was visiting Jersey 

Shore who lives in New York 

City that he heard advertisements 

on his local radio station 

advertising Pine Creek, 

as the New Poconos,” Mayor 

Lehman said. “Jersey Shore is 

the Southern Gateway to the 

Pennsylvania Wilds and the 

gateway to the Pine Creek 

Valley.” 

“If you’re an entrepreneur 

who wants to create a business 

that caters to hikers and 

bikers, I can’t see a better 

place anywhere to open a 

business.” 

According to a market assessment 

of the Rail Trail, 

there is an opportunity for 

lodging establishments in the 

borough. 

“Current housing prices in 

Jersey Shore, combined with 

a vibrant downtown with direct 

access to the Pine Creek 

Trail and other surrounding 

natural resources can also be 

a catalyst for business development 

in segments other 

than retail and restaurants,” 

the assessment said. 

Bonner’s Sports Inc., 1 

Short St. in Avis, has taken 

advantage of its location and 

has been linking people with 

the Pennsylvania Wilds for 

years. Bob Reeder purchased 

the business, selling snowmobiles, 

bicycles and more in 

2006. 

“One of the real big attractions 

to me was the proximity 

of this business to the Rail 

Trail and really everything 

that’s going on with the Pine 

Creek Valley,” Reeder said. “I 

think the state is doing a phenomenal 

job of promoting the 

Pennsylvania Wilds and this 

is part of the Wilds and this 

Rail Trail.” 

Reeder said the opportunities 

that come along with the 

Rail Trail for business owners 

will continue to increase. 

“Whether you’re in the bicycling 

business or power 

sports business, it’s going to 

be in other things, too. It’s going 

to be in hotels, restaurants, 

other things like that,” 

he said. 

The affect of visitors to the 

area has been noticeable in 

the increase in bicycle sales, 

Reeder said. And the affect of 

the Rail Trail on business is 

noticeable in his business. 

“I bought the business because 

of what was going on 

there and ... I’ve taken another 

big step in buying another 

business to allow us to grow,” 

Reeder said of his upcoming 

expansion into the recreational 

vehicle business “further 

up in the valley.” 

Although most of Reeder’s 

business is local, “there’s absolutely 

no doubt” that visitors 

to the area patronize his 

store. 

“Absolutely, you’re starting 

to see more and more people 

come into the area,” he said. 

“The majority of our clientele 

wants to ride the Rail Trail.” 

Riding the trail was described 

by Reeder as “a 

leisure ride.” 

“It is beautiful. It’s a three 

percent grade. A three percent 

grade is basically riding 

flat. It’s a very hard, crushed 

stone. It’s a very comfortable, 

very easy ride, not strenuous,” 

he said. 

According to Reeder, nearly 

any rider of any skill level 

can enjoy the Rail Trail 

thanks to the variety of bikes 

available. One of the best 

parts of his job is “selling fun.” 

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“Building handicap ramps 

or supplying people with hospital 

beds or wheelchairs” are 

just a few of the ways Noon 

said the civic organization 

reaches out. 

Three major fundraisers 

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help others. A tractor ride in 

May has farmers donate $25 

toward a tractor ride, an ice 

cream social and chicken barbecue 

in July raises funds 

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September collects money toward 

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The club currently has 

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coming to the senior 

center. We learn 

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we meet to have fellowship 

and then we work hard to 

raise money for community 

donations,” Larilyn Arndt, former 

Jersey Shore Lioness 

president, said of the nonprofit 

organization. 

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Bob Reeder, owner of Bonner’s Sports, Inc. shows some of the bicycles and helmets 

he sells in his business, which connects people with ways of enjoying the 

Pennsylvania Wilds. 

Money is raised through 

many outlets to support the 

community and members of 

the borough. Basket Bingo, 

apple dumpling sales, plant 

sales and a booth at Town 

Meeting are just a few avenues 

the club follows to raise 

funds. 

“There’s just a ton of different 

things,” Arndt said. 

A Lionesses sponsored eye 

care program through the 

schools helps students whose 

families cannot afford glasses 

and eye care. “It’s really, really 

awesome” Arndt said of the 

outreach. The club also honors 

students of the month in 

the middle and high school as 

well. 

Through annual membership 

drives, the Lioness looks 

to grow their club “and to look 

out for our community.” The 

club now is about 45 members 

strong. 

“I think it’s a great way to 

meet other like-minded individuals 

and people interested 

in helping the community, 

“Arndt said. The club is nice 

for retired individuals to keep 

busy, she said, but even for 

busy working mothers, the 

once monthly dinner meeting 

at the Jersey Shore Elks 

makes a club membership 

“easy to fit in” a busy life. 

Jersey Shore Elks 

The “Brave and Protective 

Order of the Elks of the USA” 

has more than one million 

members and 2,100 lodges 

nationwide, with one right in 

Jersey Shore. 

According to the club’s national 

Web site, its mission is 

“to inculcate the principles of 

Charity, Justice, Brotherly 

Love and Fidelity; to recognize 

a belief in God; to promote 

the welfare and enhance 

the happiness of its members; 

to quicken the spirit of American 

patriotism; to cultivate 

good fellowship; to perpetuate 

itself as a fraternal organization, 

and to provide for its 

government...” 

Borough Elk, Art Casale, 

said “The Elks raises money 

for cerebral palsy,home services” 

and more, including 

sponsoring a baseball team 

and providing scholarships. 

Fundraisers to provide 

support to the community include 

steak nights, gun raffles, 

catering, dances and 

NASCAR parties. 

The club of 741 members, 

Casale said, is “small. But we 

have a good club. We cover 

Williamsport and Jersey 

Shore.” The Elks lodge is at 

203 N. Main St. 

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Watson townships make up 

the “primary first due area” 

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EMS Chief Brady Breon 

said the staff is a combination 

of seven full-time employees, 

about 10 part-time employees, 

about 20 volunteer EMS 

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of the paid staff are at 

the station 24 hours a day, 

Brady said. “We’re a paramedic 

service... We provide 

the paramedic service for this 

end of the county.” 

The paramedic service has 

been a part of Citizen’s Hose 

Co. since 1984 and an ambulance 

service has been a part 

of the department since its inception. 

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the corner of Howard and Allegheny 

streets, the former 

church building began as the 

“People that Love Center” in 

1982 by the Jersey Shore 

Area Church of God. 

In 1983, “The Love Center 

Kitchen” project began. By 

that October, the two facilities 

had merged into the current 

location. The board of the center 

invited the Williamsport 

Corps of the American Rescue 

Workers to assume the responsibility 

of the work and 

by Oct. 1 of that year, it became 

an arm of the ARW. 

According to the America 

Rescue Workers, the Love 

Center “responds to Jesus’ 

charge that we have genuine 

compassion for those in need 

in our community. Our ministries 

and programs help to 

alleviate some of the misery 

for those that find themselves 

in emergency situations, such 

as near homelessness, lack of 

food and adequate clothing, 

utility shut-off notices, etc.” 

To help fill that mission, a 

soup kitchen and a food 

pantry operate each week day 

at the Love Center. On a typical 

day, between 20 and 30 

people from Lycoming and 

Clinton counties get dried 

goods, canned goods and 

frozen foods from the food 

pantry, according to Denise 

Gibbs, Love Center administrative 

assistant. 

On a daily basis, 60 to 100 

hot meals are served in the 

Soup Kitchen between 11:15 

a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The Love 

Center has a full-time cook 

who makes those meals possible. 

“And anyone is invited to 

that,” Gibbs said. 

During the 2007 holiday 

season, 533 Christmas baskets 

and 122 senior citizens 

received gift packages, Gibbs 

said. According to the Rescue 

Workers Web site, www.arwwmpt.org, 

the Love Center 

distributed 2,736 toys to 456 

children this Christmas. 

“We do a lot of everything,” 

Gibbs said, adding that the 

Rescue Workers may provide 

help with paying utilities, 

rent, finding a place to live, 

finding employment and 

more. 

Donations in the form of 

food, clothes and money is 

what allows the Love Center 

to continue to provide relief. 

“The churches are just fabulous,” 

Gibbs said, adding that 

the local churches and youth 

groups donate time and money. 

A class taught by the Penn 

State Cooperative Extension 

at Lycoming County teaches 

low-income families and 

pregnant women how to 

make their food dollars 

stretch. Taught by Lori Masser, 

participants learn how to 

shop smart in the grocery 

store and “fixing food so it’s 

safe to eat.” 

Since Gibbs and her husband, 

Craig, Love Center director, 

began working in Jersey 

Shore less than two years 

ago, they’ve noticed an increasing 

trend in need. 

“It’s getting worse. It’s getting 

higher and higher,” the 

Gibbs said. 

To be able to fill those 

needs as best possible, the 

Gibbs believe that getting to 

know the person they’re helping 

is beneficial. 

“I think you need to know 

the people that come in. You 

need to know that person,” 

she said. 

She has noticed that often 

times people just need “someone 

to talk to,” a smiling face, 

a hug and a listening ear. 

According to the pair, they 

are where they should be. 

“We’re definitely supposed to 

be here.” The “rewards” of the 

job includes “ the pleasantness 

of people, the smiles on 

peoples faces,” Gibbs said. 


Police Department 

In Jersey Shore, the police 

department has an eye out for 

the citizens every second of 

the day. 

“The Jersey Shore Police 

Department provides 24-hour 

coverage,” Police Chief Martin 

Jeirles said. 

That coverage includes 

“patrol, investigations, answering 

all radio requests 

from the 911 center when a 

citizen calls, special patrol 

and coverage during needed 

times, locations and activities, 

house checks on request, 

talks to groups and all other 

required police duties.” 

Although the force primarily 

serves the borough, they 

assist other enforcement departments 

outside the borough 

upon request, Jeirles 

said. 

“At full strength, the department 

has seven full-time 

officers. All officers are ACT 

120 certified and are required 

to be certified on a yearly basis 

for mandatory in-service 

training, first aid and CPR,” 

Jeirles said, adding training 

on department firearms to 

the list of trainings. 

“All officers are encouraged 

to attend other specialized 

police training at the borough’s 

expense. The borough 

council has always been a big 

supporter of the police officers 

attending training,” he said. 

Because of the department’s 

size, there are no special 

teams. Officers do cooperate 

with the DUI task force 

and the Drug Task Force, the 

chief said. 

Jeirles said he is “very satisfied” 

with the support from 

the citizens in the community. 

“Most of the residents help by 

providing information when 

they witness incidents.” 

Whenever or wherever an 

incident happens, Jeirles 

urges citizens to call 911. 

“It is very important that 

officers become aware of incidents 

or information as soon 

as possible,” he said. 

Regardless of the time of 

day or holiday, an officer is on 

duty in the borough. “One will 

respond immediately or as 

soon as possible and handle 

the call or take whatever information 

that anyone has,” 

Jeirles said. 

When an officer is contacted 

immediately by a citizen, 

he or she has “a quick jump” 

on the incident and isn’t trying 

to gather information several 

days later. 

Putting citizens 

in touch 

“Also by calling 911 a dispatcher 

will ask questions 

which may be helpful to an officer 

prior to arriving on scene 

and for safety reasons,” Jeirles 

said. An incident log filed 

by the 911 officer will become 

part of an investigation or report 

and may be referred to 

later by an officer. 

A non-emergency number, 

398-2146, can put citizens in 

contact with the police Monday 

to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. “If a citizen has a question 

or non emergency request, 

such as a house check, 

then the clerk will help them. 

After 5 p.m., or on weekends, 

the caller will get an answering 

machine. An officer will 

contact the caller at his convenience,” 

Jeirles explained. 

To help out during the holidays, 

the police department 

does an annual Christmas 

program which helps families 

during the Christmas season. 

When it comes to community 

functions such as Town 

Meeting or the flea markets, 

Jeirles said he would like to 

get involved from the start “to 

see what is needed such as 

traffic control and other man 

power issues. At times, II 

have a bike officer patrolling 

the area to help out. 

Each officer, Jeirles said, is 

always approachable and respectful. 

“All too often we are called 

to react and then there may 

be conflicts between the citizen 

and the officer,” he said. 

“If a citizen comes in contact 

with an officer I would ask for 

their cooperation and assis- 

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Jersey Shore Hospital 

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That first year 27 students 

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years of high school and in 

1994 a preschool program 

was added. 

Between 1994 and 1999, 

the school experienced a 57.1 

percent growth in student 

population. 

“And we outgrew the Walnut 

Street Baptist Church 

building. We were using every 

room and the kids were about 

spilling out the doors. We got 

to the point where we actually 

were turning students 

away,” Houtz said. 

The school moved in January 

2001 to the former Woolrich 

factory in Avis. 

An outstanding kindergarten 

program is one of the 

schools achievements, according 

to Houtz. 

“Our kids learn to read in 

four months... we use the 

phonics method and our 

teacher has over 25 years experience,” 

Houtz said. “It 

gives the kids a good start.” 

The basis of the curriculum 

is “old fashion” and focused 

on the “Three Rs” of 

“writing, reading and arithmetic,” 

she said. 

“We’re kind of stuck in basics,” 

Principal Kathy 

Gottshall said. 

“It seems like there’s a new 

trend (in education) all the 

time,” she said, mentioning 

No Child Left Behind. “We’ve 

stuck with what works.” 

The school tests children 

with the Stanford Achievement 

Tests. 

“What we’re doing is working 

for us,” Gottshall said. According 

to the administrators, 

90 percent of Walnut Street 

students go on to attend college, 

with young men joining 

the military recently too. 

Drama, basketball, soccer, 

foreign languages, catering 

and chorus are just a few of 

the extracurricular activities 

in which students can participate. 

Currently, an orchestra 

is in the beginning stages. 

A dress code of kneelength 

skirts and dresses for 

girls and slacks and collared 

shirts for boys impacts the 

success of education, 


“Casual dress equals casual 

attitude,” she said. “When 

you come in and you look professional 

there’s that air of being 

more excellent.” 

Religion in education 

Gottshall said that religion 

and academics are “completely” 

interwoven at Walnut 

Street. 

“Math is related to faith. 

Science is related to faith. 

History is related to faith,” 

she said. Students have a 

Bible class each day and attend 

chapel on Friday. 

“The teachers start out 

every day with prayer in the 

morning before the school day 

starts,” she added. Students 

also pray before lunch, music 

class and more. 

“Prayer is just a part of our 

day,” Houtz said. “A lot of 

times if the students have an 

emotional issue or they’ve 

gotten in trouble ... That’s an 

opportunity for us to pray 

with them.” 

She continued: “Anything 

we see as a spiritual teaching, 

we really try to take those opportunities 

with the kids. And 

they feel very loved and accepted.” 

The differences in students 

personalities and expressions 

are embraced, 

Houtz said. 

“We encourage kids and 

their own skills and abilities. 

We really love the differences. 

We encourage them to be individuals 

and that God will 

use them. The gifts that He’s 

given them He will use and 

we don’t try to change that 

part of them. We really feel 

like that’s God’s imprint on 

the child.” 

Gottshall reinforced that 

idea. 

“He doesn’t make mistakes 

as to what their talents 

and abilities were going to 

be,” Gottshall said. 

Students and teachers do 

not have to come from a specific 

Christian denomination 

to attend Walnut Street 

Christian School. Students 

represent 35 churches. 

“We have students from 

every background of church,” 

Houtz said. 

Teachers must meet “really 

stringent spiritual qualifications,” 

Houtz said, to prevent 

division in the school. 

“We want it to be really 

sound doctrinally and we 

don’t want the students to be 

confused if they go to a different 

classroom. We’re fundamentally 

solid as far as spiritual. 

It’s Bible. It’s factual. We 

are unwilling to deviate from 

that at all.” 

School funding 

Walnut Street Christian 

School has no funding from a 

government source. 

“Our kids do use public 

school bussing. That’s about 

as close as we get,” Houtz 

said.“And that’s up to the parents 

to set up.” 

Operating funds primarily 

come from tuition. 

“We look for grants whenever 

we can and we’re members 

of the KCEA (Keystone 

Christian Education Association 

and they have a scholarship 

program that’s from 

EITC (Earned Income Tax 

Credit),” Houtz said. That 

provides 10 scholarships to be 

awarded to the “neediest” student 

families. 

An auction thrift store and 

“Servathon” helps students 

raise funds as well. 

“We raise as much as we 

can. We’re really after money 

to help parents. We try to 

make it as affordable as we 

can,” Houtz said. “We have 

awesome teachers but we 

can’t pay them anywhere 

near as much as the public 

schools do because we don’t 

have the tax base. But they 

are very dedicated teachers, 

it’s their mission.” 

Academic support 

Students with learning 

disabilities are welcome at 

Walnut Street Christian 

School. 

“Nancy Spearing is our academic 

support teacher and 

she works with those kids 

one-on-one in those subjects 

that they need her for and 

then mainstream them for 

the rest,” Houtz said. 

According to Gottshall, 

Spearing works closely with 

first graders in a pro-active 

approach. 

“She has them a half an 

hour a day, the ones that are 

struggling to read,” Gottshall 

said. “She’s done a great job 

with getting them to the point 

where they’re not going to 

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they view themselves. If 

they’re not successful in the 

classroom and they feel like 

they can’t do it, it really affects 

them in every way and 

we want them to be strong,” 

Houtz said. 

Celebrating achievements 

of struggling students is a 

way the teachers help students 

excel. “We want them to 

feel that we’re all on their 

side. We’re in this together,” 

Houtz said. 

The future of Walnut 

Street Christian School 

“I would like to see us grow 

a little bit more,” Gottshall 

said when asked what the future 

holds for Walnut Street 

Christian School. “I would 

like to see us become stronger 

in technology.” 

For the students, Gottshall 

said the school gives provides 

a strong basis for their future. 

She told a story of a sports car 

sitting in the school parking 

lot. 

“You’d go out front and 

you’d see a red Mustang sitting 

there, but there’s no engine. 

Our kids have the engine,” 

Gottshall said. “They 

have work ethic. They have 

strong academics. They can 

go into any technology that 

they want to. They’re ready.” 

Many alumni come back to 

the school and visit, she said, 

many of which volunteer. 

“I have a relationship with 

a lot of our alumni students 

and they know how to work. 

They know how to get the job 

done. They’re very good employees. 

People want them,” 


Misconceptions 

“There’s a lot of misconceptions” 

about the Christian 

School, Houtz said, adding 

she has heard rumors of 

spanking over broken pencils. 

The thought of a heavy-handed, 

cruel administration is far 

from the mark for the administrators. 

“I think that there’s a huge 

misconception of how we’re 

looked at,” Gottshall said. 

“Somebody once asked if we 

taught anything besides 

Bible.” 

And although rules are set 

by which students must live, 

the atmosphere of the school 

is light and full of giggles as 

students rush to lunch, character 

lunch boxes in hand. 

“It’s a family,” Gottshall 

said. 


School District 

Eleven school districts 

combined to form the Jersey 

Shore Area School District in 

1966. Students from Jersey 

Shore, Salladasburg and Anthony, 

Bastress, Brown, Cummings, 

Limestone, McHenry 

Mifflin, Nippenose, Piatt, 

Porter and Watson townships 

in Lycoming County and Avis 

and Crawford and Pine Creek 

townships in Clinton County 

make up the district. 

Throughout the district’s 

seven buildings, technology is 

on the cutting edge with an 

eye toward the future. Superintendent 

Richard J. Emery, 

Assistant Superintendent 

Robert Conroy and Instructional 

Technology Specialist 

Bruce Boncal are each very 

active in promoting the use of 

technology in the Jersey 

Shore Area School District. 

The district is embarking 

on the second year of the 

Classrooms for the Future 

state initiative for. “Our approach 

the first year was to 

try and get the equipment in 

the class rooms and provide 

training to the teachers,” Conroy 

explained. “The second 

year we did get the equipment 

in the science and social 

studies classrooms and that’s 

when we made the big purchase 

of laptops.” 

Previously, technology existed 

in computer labs separate 

from classrooms. 

“Now, everything is mobile. 

We have over 300 laptops at 

the high school and teachers 

can wheel in the carts as necessary. 

If they wheel them in 

just for 10 or 15 minutes of 

time within that class time, 

they’ve been able to engage 

the kids and go out and look 

for resources real time,” Boncal 

said. 

“The whole idea is to transform 

the way that teachers 

are teaching and kids are 

learning,” he said. 

Classrooms for the Future 

is more than just equipment 

and software too. 

“Our teachers are actually 

redefining their pedagogies in 

the classroom with technology,” 

Emery said. 

Student participation in 

class increased nearly immediately, 

Boncal said. 

He cited one teacher who 

“senses a whole different level 

of engagement by the kids,” 

whose class turned from being 

distracted to increased 

levels of participation and attendance. 

A new challenge 

Laptop computers and Internet 

access provide students 

with a new challenge 

that manual typewriters did 

not — the challenge of discerning 

the authenticity of information, 

the administrators 

said. 

“We’re becoming more of a 

society of education where 

we’re teaching kids to analyze 

what they’re finding and not 

taking things as factual, similar 

to what you would do 

when you researched through 

the library, back in the day,” 

Emery said. “Now we’re trying 

to teach kids that this is 

similar to that type of research; 

however, you have to 

be able to decipher what’s factual 

research.” 

The introduction of Internet 

programs and software allows 

students to “be on many 

different paths trying to get to 

the same end result,” Boncal 

said, by allowing students remediation 

and enrichment 

activities tied to state education 

standards. 

Technology helps the district 

utilize the strategic plan, 

Emery said. “With technology, 

we’re able to provide instant 

data mainly to our instructors 

and that impacts on any 

changes that we make in our 

curriculum or teaching methods.” 

Scores from online testing, 

Pennsylvania School System 

of Assessment tests and more 

are organized and easier to 

synthesize. 

That data, Boncal said, 

provides teachers with information 

on how to guide students 

in their classroom and 

what type of education programs 

need to be provided for 

the students. 

“It’s not just technology for 

the sake of technology,” he 

said. 

Jersey Shore students 

“They’re nice kids. They 

have a lot of respect for teachers 

and administrators,” Conroy 

said. “I think that characterizes 

our district. They rely 

on the guidance from our 

teachers, and the families do 

too.” 

The drive to succeed is one 

thing that Boncal said makes 

the students in Jersey Shore 

unique. 

“What I always remember 

about kids in Jersey Shore, 

given the opportunity, they 

will take that opportunity 

and do their best to succeed in 

whatever it is they’re doing,” 

Boncal said. “And those opportunities 

include sports, 

volunteer work, extracurricular 

activities and more. 

“Given the opportunity, 

they’ll do great things. And 

we’ve seen kids do great 

things,” Boncal said, adding 

that students leave Jersey 

Shore Area School District 

well-prepared for life after 

high school. 

Career and 

Technology Center 

“To provide as many diverse 

opportunities as we can 

for all students,” is one of the 

goals of the Jersey Shore Area 

School District, Emery said. 

“We’re very fortunate that we 

have a comprehensive career 

and technical educational 

program in our high school 

that provides skills for kids to 

go out in the work force immediately 

upon graduation.” 

He added that the program 

can prepare students for two 

or four year technical schools 

as well. 

Unlike other school districts, 

Boncal said Jersey 

Shore is “very fortunate in the 

way we have our school and 

our career technical program 

structured, in that they’re 

both at the high school... 

What an opportunity that’s 

open to all kids,” he said. 

The program helps students 

who are looking towards 

college to be “side by 

side with those students and 

learn the hands on pieces to 

careers that they’re looking at 

for their future,” Emery said. 

“Someone whose going to 

an engineering school can 

take all the chemistry, physics 

and math courses, while taking 

the CAD (computer aideddesign) 

courses,” Boncal explained. 

Misconceptions 

“I think it is a surprise,” 

Conroy said, of the advanced 

technology and modern innovations 

in the Jersey Shore 

Area School District. 

“I think we have to keep in 

our own minds that we can be 

good. We can be great. And 

just because we live in little 

Jersey Shore here at the end 

of Lycoming County, doesn’t 

mean we’re second class 

here,” Boncal said. “Our kids 

can compete and be right 

there with kids from the suburban 

and urban areas.” 


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in a building 

full of love and 

acceptance.” 

We offer new GE and Whirlpool 

Appliances – servicing what we sell! 

See our reconditioned appliances 

on sale back of 

Wow Clothing Outlet 

256 Allegheny St., Jersey Shore 

Check with us first! 

2004 VW JETTA TURBO 

DIESEL 

Blue, automatic 

$14,900 

$13,900 

N. MAIN ST., JERSEY 

SHORE, PA 398-4216 

AUTO SALES WWW.SWEITZERSAUTO.COM 

53 MPG!! 2005 CHEVY SILVERADO 

K2500 CREW CAB 

6.6 Duramax Diesel, Allison automatic, 

4x4, a/c, 8’ box, 49K 

$28,995 $27,995 

¥Dually Trucks ¥ Trailers 

Performance & Classic Cars 

12 Service Bays 

Custom Parts Store 

WWW.SWEITZERSAUTO.COM 

—6 DIESELS IN STOCK TO CHOOSE FROM — 

2005 DODGE RAM 3500 DUALLY 

5.9 Diesel motor, auto., 4x4, p. win. & lock 

with keyl. entry, cruise, a/c, p. mirr., CD, 

5th wheel rails, 59K 

$29,900 $28,900 

2006 DODGE RAM 3500 DIESEL 

5.9 Cummins Diesel, auto., 4x4, p. win. & 

locks, keyl. entry, p. mirr., p. seat, CD, 

Big Horn Edition, 23K 

$34,900 $33,900 

2006 CHEVY K3500 DUALLY 

DURAMAX LT $X4 

6.6 liter diesel, Allison auto. trans., p. win. & 

locks, p. locks w/keyl. entry, a/c, cruise, CD 

w/XM radio, htd. ltr seats, local trade, 22K 

$35,900 $34,900 

1996 GMC C2500 EXT. CAB 

6.5 Diesel, auto., 2 WD, a/c, p. windows 

& locks, cruise control, utility box 

$6,900 $6500 

2002 PONTIAC SUNFIRE SE 

4 cyl., auto., p. win. & locks, keyl. entry, 

p. mirr., sunroof, CD, 1 owner, 38K 

$6,900 

2000 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 

8 cyl., auto., a/c, p. htd. ltr. seats, p. 

windows & locks, cruise, sunroof, 80K 

$7,500 

2000 VOLVO V70 XC WAGON 

5 cyl., auto., a/c, p. htd. leather, 

3rd seat, sunroof 

$8,995 $8,500 

2005 CHEVY IMPALA 

6 cyl., auto., p. windows & locks w/ keyl. 

entry, cruise, a/c, CD, p. seat, 56K 

$11,900 

2006 CHEVY MALIBU MAXX SS 

6 cyl., auto., a/c, cruise, p. seats, 

sunroof, CD, 18” wheels, 29K 

$15,900 

2000 MERCURY GR. MARQUIS 

8 cyl., auto., a/c, p. win. & locks, keyl. 

entry, cruise, p. seat, 43K, local car 

$9,800 $8,900 

★★ COME SEE OUR GREAT SELECTION OF QUALITY PREOWNED VEHICLES ★★

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