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dens growing in the yard, but
once he passed away she decid-
ed to plant the flowers she'd al-
ways wanted.
“My mother hates to cry,” said
Yascur’s daughter, Cindy Brin, of
Loyalville. “She spent so much
time digging and pounding the
dirt, she developed carpal tun-
nel.”
What bloomed from all Yas-
cur’s hard work is a garden filled
with inspiration — literally. An-
other daughter, artist Bonnie
Coveleski of Harveys Lake, often
finds herself taking photographs
of her mother’s hard work and
recreating images with oil pas-
tels and acrylic paints.
Coveleski painted for visitors
during the tour and displayed
her artwork inspired by dahlias
and morning glories found on
her family’s property.
Coveleski even had a pencil
drawing of a woman holding a
bunch of fresh-picked flowers
near a picket fence.
“I had to draw this because
she’s always wearing her straw
hat,” she said of her mother.
On Oak Drive, tourists found
an assortment of gardens from
the playful, inviting flower beds
to grapevines and herb gardens.
Julie McMonagle, of Shaver-
town, said it took her and her
husband Jim about nine years to
develop the gardens all over her
property, and work is still con-
tinuing.
“I gardened a lot at my old
house in Trucksville,” she said.
“I call my former neighbor, Judy
Price, my garden mentor.”
The front yard features a small
stone-lined flower bed facing the
house from the edge of the
street. Visitors could follow the
flower garden filled with vibrant
perennials such as autumn joys
and purple coneflowers to the
back yard where a potted herb
garden leads to a full vegetable
garden complete with zucchinis,
onions, peppers, cucumbers, to-
matoes, broccoli and more.
McMonagle even has a patch of
grapevines from which she
makes jelly and. juige: suas
Director of the Anthracite Sees
nic Trail Association; McM
gle tries to keep native olis I in
her space in order to offer food
for insects like honeybees and
butterflies. Being as organic as
possible is a must.
“‘m not completely organic,
but I try,” she said.
She said being outside is a
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A birdbath sculpture graces the backyard of Nancy Brown in Dal-
las.
stress release and her love for
the outdoors is a great compli-
ment to her husband because he
enjoys staying inside on hot
days.
“He’ll be inside doing the
laundry with my daughters,” she
said.
Proceeds from the Back
Mountain Bloomers Garden
Tour benefit the Back Mountain
Trail, which is part of the An-
thracite Scenic Trails Associ-
ation. McMonagle hopes this
year’s event will clear about
$12,000 for the trail.
“The trail is operated and
maintained by the association
members,” said McMonagle.
“There are no government dol-
lars involved. We really appre-
ciate the Bloomers’ help.”
‘Hildebrandt Road + in Dallas
«lownship call their garden a re-
treat from the business of life. Its
little pathway through a clear of
trees makes for a cool place to
kick up your heels after a long
day’s work.
“It’s my favorite space,” said
Bill, director of the Hildebrandt
Learning Center. “I work in an
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office job or I'm on the road and
this is about getting away from
everyday business and enjoying
nature.”
Gardens also included the
“boulderacious” backyard of
Floyd and Cindy Trudgen on Ed-
inger Road in Dallas, which fea-
tured a pond, self-made softball
field and a boulder bar.
Nancy and Tom Isaacson’s
new garden on Cobblestone
Road in Shavertown featurs
carefully planted knockout roses
and other perennials leading to
the backyard where a cascading
stone waterfall drips into a 2-
foot deep pond surrounded by
natural stones and a host of col-
orful bloom progressions.
The final piece of the tour was
the Bloomers-tended Shakes-
peare Garden at Misericordia
University in Dallas Township.
The 1% year-old garden is a trib-
ute to Sr. Regina Kelly, a former
professor at the school who
loved all things Shakespeare. A
winding brick path runs through
the garden next to Insalaco Hall,
which includes plants featured
in plays and poems by William
Shakespeare.
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asked if the township could
clean out the pipe to avoid fu-
ture flooding.
Wilkes said drainpipes are
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In other news, the board grant-
ed conditional use approval for
Misericordia University’s con-
struction of a 39,000 square foot
building within the campus. The
building will be used as a dormi-
tory and daycare facility.
Engineer Thomas Doughton
said the planning commission
gave its approval for the project,
though it had concerns about
parking issues.
George Anthony of Borton
Lawson architecture and engi-
neering firm said the company
did a parking study on the Miser-
icordia campus which revealed a
nearly 200-space surplus during
peak times on campus. He said
on the weekends, the surplus in-
creases to about 600 spaces.
No additional parking will be
created for the project, which in-
cludes dorms for about 92 stu-
dents, because of the surplus, he
said.
The board also heard resi-
dents’ concerns about Luzerne
County 911 address changes at
the meeting.
Popple Construction was
awarded the bid to repave Dor-
chester Drive at a cost of
$220,857. Doughton said Dor-
chester Developers will pay for
25 percent of the cost because of
work done with the new Geisin-
ger project.
the responsibility of the home-
owner, but assured Living-
stone that the township would
contact his neighbor. Wilkes
also asked Livingstone and
any other residents whose
properties sustained damage
from the July 3 storm to sub-
mit photos and repair esti-
mates to the township, which
will be included with town-
ship damage estimates to be
sent to FEMA.
In other business, the board:
e Approved a new three-
year contract with the chief of
police.
e Authorized a special
meeting for opening and
awarding bids for the Hillside
Road Sewer Relocation Pro-
ject at 9 a.m. on Monday, July
11.
e Authorized the sale of
sewer permits to owners or
developers who have received
final subdivision approval
from the township and to re-
scind and reimburse sewer
fees for owners or developers
who have not received approv-
al.
e Agreed to have the town-
ship engineer investigate a re-
quest by Vincent and Sandy
Paglianete to install a stop
sign at intersection of Sutton
and Bulford Roads.
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