I’m back!!  We were so busy last weekend that I forgot all about my news.

The geese, robins and bluebirds have arrived. We had some really nice weather during the week, and more to come, along with some rain and thunder storms.  Folks are starting to prepare the gardens for planting coming up later on.  Hopefully everyone will have a good crop again this year.

The Che-Hanna Gem and Mineral show was very well attended, with close to 800, last weekend.  All the vendors seemed to do very well.  The food truck that provided the food was excellent.  We saw some local folks who attend year to year.  The kids especially enjoyed the mini-mine and got nice “treasures”.  They also liked making a cabochon and have a geode cut in half to see what was inside.  UVBOB’s mineral presentation had many adults and children to see “ugly” rocks fluoresce.  One young girl even had him autograph her mineral ID card.  Rather than his name, he signed “UVBOB’.  Made her day.   Was a great show and hope as good, or better, next year.

Thanks, Connie, for the “plug” in your column last week.

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I missed birthdays last week, so Happy Belated Birthday to Aaron Kinsey, March 21st; Irene Risser, 28th, and Heather McDonald and Trevor Kinsey, 30th.  Hope you all had a nice day.

Happy Birthday now to Tim Higley, April 1st; V Rev Andrew Matychak 5th; Shawn Pequignot, 6th; and “Team Mom”, 7th.  Have a great day.

Next Civic meeting  Wednesday, April 16th, 6 p.m., Township Building as it may still be too cold for the Pavilion.

Hope everyone is well since there are so many different viruses going around.  Maybe the nicer, warm weather will make everyone feel better.

Keep an eye on the Sully and Face Book for events that will be coming up that you might be interested in.  Sullivan County has many things planned during the four seasons.

That’s it for now.  Enjoy your week, even if you need the umbrella. Have news, call me at 570-928-9238; mail me; see me; or e-mail me at news@lopezpa.com.  I will get it in for you.  I’ll be here next time, if I don’t forget, and thanks for reading.

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