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         Donations Wanted for St. John's Cemetery
  Donations for St. John's Cemetery in Bangor are being accepted for maintenance. You can mail them to St. John's Cemetery c/o Carol Hummel, 136 Messinger Street, Bangor, Pa 18013.
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AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY 
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has  issued a code orange air quality alert Sunday for The Lehigh Valley/Berks County area. A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors. For more information on ground-level ozone and fine particles...visit www.airnow.gov.

Car Show.......

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This 1934 Plymouth owned by Jack Reimer was one of 149 cars on display at the Father's Day Car Show held Sunday. PHOTO GALLERY Sbtt Photo Allison Moyer
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This Beatles Comic book from 1965 was on sale for at the Comic Book Show held recently at Mount Bethel Fire Co. Sbtt Photo Larry Cory

Graduation........

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(L-R) GED Program Coordinator Susan Boehret, Student Success Specialist Janet Herr, Nazareth Superintendent Dennis Riker and  Assistant Director Janet Coll attended the GED graduation ceremonies held recently at Nazareth High School. PHOTO GALLERY  Sbtt Photo Nick Pulsinelli Belt and Beyond

Woman Chooses Dogs
​Over Husband

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   It’s an ultimatum any animal lover can answer: “It’s me or the dogs.”
That’s the choice Liz Haslam’s husband Mike gave her after 25 years of marriage, reports Express.co.uk.
Haslam chose her numerous canines — and told Mike to leave.
“I haven’t seen or heard from him since. I thought after 25 years, he should know giving up the dogs was not what my intentions were,” she told Express.co.uk.
Haslam was born into an animal-obsessed family. Her mother bred West Highland terriers and her father ran an animal food company.
   So when the Suffolk, England, resident married Mike in 1991, she already had a deep devotion to dogs. She turned this passion into her livelihood seven years ago, when she moved with her husband to a house with a half-acre of land and opened a pet boarding business.
   This venture eventually evolved to Bedsforbullies, a bull terrier sanctuary Haslam founded to provide care to rescue bull terriers in need of medical or behavioral help until the dogs can find forever homes.
   This meant lots of dogs at the Haslam house at all times.  “He’d got to the point where he’d had enough and wanted to slow down. But I wasn’t prepared to give it up. So he decided to go,” Haslam said of her husband.
   Since letting her husband leave 18 months ago, Haslam has not spoken to Mike, even though the former couple has a 22-year-old son. She has expanded the number of dogs she is taking in and has also offered she