Commissioners contribute to trooper garden

Robert Weintraub, project coordinator with the Pike County Master Gardeners program, recently accepted personal checks from all three county commissioners toward a memorial garden planned to honor the late Cpl. Byron Dickson, killed in an ambush at the state police barracks in Blooming Grove last year. Each commissioner contributed $125 of his own money to the garden, which the Master Gardeners will build at the barracks. The garden is expected to cost $11,714. To contribute, make checks payable to PSCE Program Account (write “Memorial Garden” in the memo section) and send them to Penn State Extension, 514 Broad St., Milford, PA 18337. Pictured (from left) are Commisioners Rich Caridi and Karl Wagner, Weintraub, and Commissioner Matt Osterberg (Photo by Frances Ruth Harris)