The LuLac Edition #3822, July 1st, 2018

HAPPY CANADA DAY

Best wishes to our neighbors from the North on what is their celebration day of unification. They are now 151 years old. Canada Day is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the Constitution Act, 1867, which united the three separate colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada. Originally called Dominion Day, the holiday was renamed in 1982, the year the Canada Act was passed.

EUGENE PITTS OF THE JIVE FIVE DEAD

The Jive Five were the last of the Do Wop groups to hit the chart in a big way as late as 1965 with “I’m A Happy Man”.

His hits will be chronicled tonight on Bobby V’s Do Wop program on The River. 

CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES OVER $4 MILLION IN HHS FUNDS FOR LUZERNE COUNTY HEAD START

Congressman Matt Cartwright at JFK Statue dedication last year.  (Photo: LuLac archives) 

U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a supplementary grant worth $4,448,807 to the Luzerne County Head Start, Inc.
Luzerne County Head Start offers Pre-K, Early Head Start, and Head Start programs for children in Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.
“This grant is an investment in our children – the future of our country; early childhood learning is vital to strengthening our economy and our country,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the Appropriations Committee. “I applaud Luzerne County Head Start on their continued award and their dedication to enhancing the quality of life for children and families in Northeastern Pennsylvania.”
Head Start is a national program created in 1965 to address the educational and developmental needs of low-income, pre-school children. Head Start’s comprehensive service system provides social, nutritional, and educational services for thousands of children and their families across the United States.