Northwestern Press

Tournament of Bands Indoor competition is held at Salisbury High School.

Meetings held in municipal building.

FEBRUARY

THURSDAY 7

Lowhill Township Supervisors, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY 11

Weisenberg Township Supervisors, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 13

Lehigh County Commissioners, 7:30 p.m. in the public hearing room of the Government Center, 17 S. 7th St., Allentown.

THURSDAY 14

Lynn Township Supervisors, 6:30 p.m. public hearing to add land to Ag Security Area; regular meeting.

Heidelberg Township Supervisors, 7:30 p.m.

WRESTLING

Saturday, Feb. 2

N'western-Schuylkill Haven

Northwestern got its first team win of the season, beating Schuylkill Haven 61-15 in a nonleague match.

The Tigers used four pins and four forfeits to improve to 1-12 this year.

Quentin Bernhard (120 pounds) and Andrew Sorensen (160) both registered first-period falls for Northwestern, while Jarrett White and Joe Colucci also pinned their Hurricane opponents.

Mitchell Evans added a major decision at 170.

Northwestern 61, Sch. Haven 15

Laila M. Arndt, 96, from Kutztown, died Jan. 30, 2013, in Reading.

She was the widow of Edward F. Arndt.

Born in Weisenberg Township, she was a daughter of the late Llewellyn and Minnie (Grim) Danner.

A farmer for many years in Weisenberg Township, she sold Stanley and Fuller home products at Leesport Auction for more than 30 years.

She also sold household items for 22 years and worked at Phoenix Antique Market, Allentown, for eight years.

A member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Fogelsville, she was a member of the Ladies Aide and Altar Guild.

Raymond "Ray" Bottazzi, 88, a longtime resident of Catasauqua, Whitehall Manor and Traditions of Hanover, died peacefully Jan. 29, 2013.

Born in Northampton, Mass., he was a son of the late Carmine and Assunta (Pignatello) Bottazzi.

He and his wife,Anna Mae (Hopkins) Bottazzi, were married 48 years at the time of her death on May 1, 2003.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Hokendauqua.

He proudly served in the U.S. Army during World War II with the 12th Fighter Squadron in the South Pacific, and was honored with five Bronze Stars for his bravery.

Bonita L. Reeve, 81, of Orefield, died Jan. 20, 2013, in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.

She was the wife of the late Herbert Reeve, who died May 8, 2012.

Born in Trenton, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Margaret (Robinson) Propsner.

A member of Asbury United Methodist Church, South Whitehall, she was involved in the Sunday School program and enjoyed the library and Bible study.

She visited Puerto Rico on a mission trip and was an avid bird watcher.

THURSDAY, FEB. 7

·Schnecksville Senior Citizens at Schnecksville Fire Co. social hall, lunch 12:30 p.m.; meeting at 1 p.m. New members welcome.

·Take Off Pounds Sensibly at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Breinigsville, from 10 a.m.-noon. Call 610-395-1006.

·Model Railroad Explorer Post 101 meets 7-9 p.m. at Coplay Municipal Building, Room 201, 96 S. Fourth St. Call 610-965-2598 or 610-262-7013.

Lehigh Temple, 2120 Route 100, between Macungie and Trexlertown, is having a breakfast 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 17.

Donations will be accepted.

There will also be Easter candy and baked goods for sale.

For information, call 610-398-9845.

To the Editor:

We have subscribed to the East Penn Press (and possibly its forerunners) since we moved here in '84, largely because we felt it was important to support our local community.

But over the past year or so, we have become more and more concerned about the vitriolic right wing editorials that appear under the byline of Deb Palmieri.

She is of course, entitled to her opinions, but I find those opinions to be outrageously far far right wing, and often personally disturbing. Professionally, I find them to be oddly out of place in a small town newspaper.

Ann L. Lengel, 84, of Allentown, formerly of Slatington, died Feb. 1, 2013, in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.

She was the wife of the late I. Thomas Lengel.

Born Dec. 7, 1928, in Slatington, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Ruth (Griffith) Kressly.

A graduate of the former Allentown Hospital School of Nursing, she was a school nurse in the Northern Lehigh School District for 28 years before retiring in 1988.

She was a member of United Presbyterian Church of Slatington.