Fundraiser planned
To help fight Matt Burnett’s battle with the genetically transmitted disease, Huntington’s chorea, his friends are hosting a chicken/pasta ala vodka dinner on Saturday.
Burnett is an active volunteer fireman with the Columbia Hose Company 5 in Carbondale and a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Trinity Club. He devotes countless hours of volunteer service to his community.
Both his mother and grandfather lost their fight with Huntington’s chorea. Burnett is manifesting the symptoms of this disease, which takes away a person’s functional abilities. There is no cure for the disease.
Dinners will be available for pickup between 1 and 6 p.m. on Saturday at the Trinity Club, South Main Street, Carbondale. Tickets for the dinner are $12 each. Ticket sales and returns should be in by today. There will also be a basket raffle, 50/50 and other events.
High notes
Hospice of the Sacred Heart’s held its annual Prayer Breakfast and Blessing of Hands on Nov. 7 at the Radisson at Lackawanna Station hotel in Scranton.
Prayers and reflections were offered by Diane Baldi, CEO, Hospice of the Sacred Heart; Rabbi Daniel J. Swartz, Temple Hesed, Scranton; Wayne Evans, mayor of Scranton; Dorothy MacGregor, MSW, Hospice of the Sacred Heart; Frank A. Bucci Jr., M.D., president and chairman of the board, Hospice of the Sacred Heart; and the Rev. Ryan P. Glenn, assistant pastor, St. John Neumann Parish, Scranton.
Honored speakers included Judge Andrew Jarbola, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas; Joanne D. Arduino, artistic director, Ballet Theatre of Scranton; and Louis Pettinato.
The Hospice of the Sacred Heart Chairman’s Award was presented to Maurya Bergan, billing specialist; and special recognition was given to Marianne Yanik, RN.
Super students
Honesdale High School graduate Grey Rabbit Dion Puett spent a day as a student shadow of state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, Lehman Twp., at the state Capitol.
Puett, who graduated in 2018, attends Penn State University’s Harrisburg campus where he’s interested in political science and finance.
While in Harrisburg, he sat in on committee meetings, attended public rallies, watched and listened as Baker conducted legislative business and saw how the Senate operates.
The son of J. Morgan Puett and Mark Dion — owners of Mildred’s Lane, a 94-acre exhibition and workshop gallery near the Delaware River in Wayne County, Puett was introduced by Baker during floor remarks during session.
“This young man has received a quality education and has had some extraordinary experiences both inside and outside the classroom,” Baker noted.