>>> >> I AM MEGAN FRANK REPORT FOR NEWS TONIGHT.

IF YOU'RE LIKE ME YOU HAVE LOT GOING ON DURING THE WE AND THIS SHOW RECAPS SOME THE STORIES MY REPORTER COLLEAGUES COVERED LAST WE OUR NEWS PROGRAM.

WHICH AIRS WEEKNIGHTS AT 6 AND 11.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UP ON WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED.

IN THE GREATER VALLEY WITH TEAM HERE AT PBS 39.

>> PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPONSORS ADAMS'S OUTDOOR ADVERTISIN COMING UP.

ON PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>> THE FIGHTS TO LOWER TEE PREGNANCY IN A CITY WHERE THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL RATE.>> TOWN OFFICIALS ARE STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT OF TICKETING PEOPLE WHO PARK FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANTS.

WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT SOM RECENT FIRES THAT PROMPTED CRACKDOWN.>> LAST WEEK THE VALLEY CONDUCTED A COUNT.

OF ALL OF THOSE IN OUR REG CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

MUCH MORE ON THAT COMING U.

>> SO THIS CAMP YOU CAN SE SOMEBODY CHANGE THIS AROUN SO THIS WAS THE GUY I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

ACTUALLY THAT IS HIS COAT.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE HERE T HAVE HOMELESS FOLKS SLEEPI THE STREET.

SO WE KIND OF MAKE IT A PO TO KIND OF LET FOLKS KNOW THEY ARE NOT WELCOME TO SL ON THE STREET AND IN THE A AND THE TYPE OF STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THEY DO GET PUSHED TO A THAT ARE MORE ON SCENE.

>> LATE LAST WEEK THE REGI HOMELESS ADVISORY BOARD AL KNOWN AS THE RAFT WITH THE OF OTHER AGENCIES AND COMM VOLUNTEERS FANNED OUT TO C EACH AND EVERY PERSON SHEL AND UNFILTERED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENTS ANNUAL POINT TIME CAMP.

>> THAT IS ONE OF OUR LADI RIGHT THERE.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS?

>> NO.

WHY IS SHE OUTSIDE?>> SHE PROBABLY IN THE LIBRARY AN JUST STEPPED OUT FOR LITTL WHILE.>> DO SEE A LOT OF P WHO YOU HELP?

>> YEAH.

I SEE A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THE STREET AROUND TOWN.>> FORMALLY OF LEVI VALLEY ST MEDICINE IS CURRENTLY A PA FOR MISSION FOR CHRIST IN BETHLEHEM.

AND SHELTER MANAGER FOR BETHLEHEM EMERGENCY SHELTE HE VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME TO WITH THE COUNT.

I JOINED HIM FOR HIS FIRST COUNTED THAT TODAY.

THE WOODS.

>> HOW MANY ONES LIKE THIS YOU DO IN A WEEK?

>> I DON'T DO IT NEARLY AS AS I USED TO.

BUT I YOU LIKE TO GET OUT EVERY WEEK JUST TO SEE WHE FOLKS ARE.

CHECK OUT SOME OF THE KITC TO SEE JUST TO KEEP IN TOU WITH THE PEOPLE WHO STAY O ALL WINTER.

IT WAS A LOT OF THE FOLKS STAY OUT AND OUR COMMITTEE HAVE VERY LITTLE IDEA THAT CAN BE ON A TRAIL 15 FOOT ALONGSIDE SOMEBODY'S HOME BASICALLY.

>> BE CAREFUL.

BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT YOU BREAK YOUR CAMERA.

>> IT IS NOT LIKE THE CITY WHERE FOLKS CAN BE ON A BE OR ON A STEAM CRATE.

SO THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THOSE PLACES HERE WITHIN O SMALL CITIES.

SO WE KIND OF PUSH THEM TO FRINGES SO THEY ARE IN THE WOODS AND UNDERNEATH BRIDG PARKING LOTS.

PARKING GARAGES.

ANYPLACE THEY CAN FIND TO SNUGGLE IN AND STAY OUT OF ELEMENTS.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSI AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REQU AGENCIES THAT RECEIVE FEDE HUD DOLLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN A POINT AND TIME COUNT SHELTERED AND UNFILTERED PEOPLE.

AT SOME POINT DURING THE L 10 DAYS IN JANUARY.

ONE OF THE COLDEST MONTHS THE YEAR.

>> ONE GUY DOWN HERE IS IN SHELTER.

SO THAT IS A GOOD THING.

I KNOW HE COMES DOWN ONCE WHILE TO CHECK ON HIS CAMP BECAUSE YOU KNOW SHELTERS RUN FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND THEN WE BACK OUT.

>> IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT KIND OF SKEW THE FIGURES.

BUT THIS IS THE DAY-TO-DAY PICK.

SO THIS IS THE DATE IT GET DONE.

>> THE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO BETHLEHEM EMERGENCY SHELTE PART OF HUD'S COUNT INCLUD THOSE WHO ARE SHELTERED.

IN SHELTERS LIKE THE ONE W RUNS.

STUDENTS FROM THIS COLLEGE OUT TO HELP WITH HUD'S SUR FOR THOSE WILLING TO GIVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A LITTL MORE DETAIL.

ON THEIR CURRENT LACK OF HOUSING.>> DO ANY OF THE SITUATIONS WE JUST DISCUSS YOU FROM HOLDING A JOB OR LIVING IN STABLE HOUSING?> YES.

>> KEVIN COPE IS THE FOUND LEHIGH VALLEY BUSINESS GRO THEY WERE FOUNDED SHORTLY THE GREAT RECESSION.

HE ALSO WORKS WITH BATTLIN HOMELESSNESS.

>> TONIGHT'S ACCOUNT IS WH CALL THE HUD POINT AND TIM COUNT.

IT IS A HUD DIRECTION THAT EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED S IS GOING ON.

PHYSICALLY THE SAME TIME.

AND WHAT AGENCIES THAT THE VALLEYS.

AND EVERYWHERE AROUND US A CONDUCTING.

IS A HOMELESS COUNT.

AND WHAT THE HOMELESS COUN IS THAT WE ARE TRY TO TAKE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE HOMEL IS TODAY.

NOW THAT DOES NOT NECESSAR MEAN THAT OF THE TRUE NUMB BUT IT GIVES US A SNAPSHOT BASED ON LAST YEAR'S NUMBE DO WE SEE THE NUMBERS GOIN TO SEE THE NUMBERS GOING D >> ACCORDING TO FIGURES PROVIDED BY THE RAB.

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS I LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COU EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS HAV REMAINED MOSTLY STEADY.

AT AROUND 500 HOUSEHOLDS.

BUT OFFICIALS STRESSED THA FIGURES REPORTED REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THEY WERE ABLE PHYSICALLY SEE OR SPEAK TO OVER ONE DAY EACH YEAR.

IN JANUARY.

>> THIS IS THE DATA WE NEE WE NEED A CENSUS FOR THESE FOLKS.

WHO ARE ACTUALLY LIVING OUTDOORS IN THE CENSUS OF FOLKS WERE LIVING IN SHELT SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE DAT THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PRO THE FINANCIAL HELP.

FOR THESE FOLKS.

AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THE ABOUT IT.

ONE DAY OUT OF THE YEAR.

THEY TAKE ACCOUNT OF ALL T FOLKS ARE OUT ON THE STREE SO THAT THEY CAN REALISTIC DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS THAT AVAILABLE TO HELP IN HOUSI AND HOMELESSNESS.

>> THE LEHIGH VALLEY IS EXPERIENCING A SURGE IN NE HOUSING.

MODERN NEW APARTMENT COMPL SEEM TO BE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.

IN BOTH THE CITIES AND THE SUBURBS.

AND THEIR MARKETING THEMSE TO THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD QU LUXURY LIVING.

BUT THE QUESTION YOU HAVE ASK YOURSELF IS WHO IS ALL THIS FOR.

AND FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AF APARTMENT COMPLEX IS LIKE ONE.

WHERE DO THEY GO?>> WE ARE SEVERE A SEVERE SPOT HERE THE VALLEY.

ACTUALLY WE ARE LOSING HOU AND SO IT IS NOT THE FACT WE ARE HOLDING OUR OWN LEV HOUSING.

AND THE NUMBERS OF HOMELES INCREASING.

WE ARE ACTUALLY LOSING HOU THAT IS ECONOMICAL AND AFFORDABLE.

THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND OUR NUMBER ONE STRUGGL RIGHT NOW IS TRYING TO FIN FOLKS WHO HAVE PLACES TO L BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO PROPERTY TAXES AND LANDLOR PRICING GOING UP BECAUSE O NEW LUXURY APARTMENTS THAT MOVING IN.

IT IS KIND OF PUSHING PEOP OUTSIDE OF THOSE BOUNDARIE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND FOLKS JOBS IT IS VERY DIFF TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN PART 67 800 $900 A MONTH OR $10 >> IT IS VERY HARD FOR SOM TO COME OUT OF SCHOOL.

AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD AN APARTMENT.

A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT WH IS OVER $1000 A MONTH NOW.

JUST STARTING OUT.

THAT IS A TOUGH BUILT THIS PILL TO SWALLOW.

>> THE DREAM IS TO ONE DAY BUILD A TINY HOME COMMUNIT POSSIBLY ON A CONVERTED GO COURSE WHERE OVERNIGHT SHE PROVIDERS LIKE HIS CAN TRANSITION PEOPLE INTO MOR STABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS.

>> I LOVE THE TINY HOME MO I LOVE THE HOUSING FIRST M I THINK THE TWO OF THOSE BLENDED TOGETHER CAN HAVE PLACE WITHIN A CITY.

I LOOKED TO TRY TO HELP FO FURTHER THAT ENDEAVOR.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT PLAC FOLKS TO START.

AND MAYBE EVEN USE THAT MO AS A TRANSITION.

TO HELP FOLKS WORK THEIR W NOT ONLY OUT OF HOMELESSNE BUT INTO THEIR NEXT LEVEL AND SIX SINCE>> DISCOUNT C IN THE MIDST OF THE 100 DA CHALLENGE.

A SEPARATE TOWN BASED INITIATIVE TO COMBAT HOMELESSNESS.

THAT KICKED OFF LAST FALL.

THE LESSONS LEARNED WITHIN 100 DAY CHALLENGE WITH THE OF A CONSULTING FIRM WILL APPLIED THROUGHOUT THE VAL IN BETHLEHEM AND ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA.

I AM CHLOE.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.>> THI THE STORY OF HOW BABIES AR MADE>> SOUND LIKE A SIMPLE CHILDREN'S BOOK.>> THE ONE THING THAT YOU NEED TO KNO THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE A BAB OF NOTHING.

>> BUT NADINE USES THE BOO WHAT MAKES A BABY TO TEACH PARENTS HOW TO TALK TO THE CHILDREN ABOUT SEX.>> EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT IT I IMPORTANT.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE.

WITH THE TOPIC.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THI THAT WE WANT TO DO.

BECAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PARENT BE A STRONG VOICE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.

AND THAT WE ARE JUST HERE WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PAREN BE ABLE TO BE THE PRIMARY AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE'S L >> THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR BERKS TEEN MATTER.

COMMUNITYWIDE INITIATIVE A TO REDUCE THE BIRTH RATE A BERKS COUNTY TEENS.>> IS T REDUCE THE TEEN PREGNANCY IN BERKS COUNTY BY 40 % BY 2022.

>> AND THEY ARE ON TRACK T SO.

THOUGH BERKS TEENS MATTER LAUNCHED PUBLICLY IN 2019 CAME TO FRUITION IN 2012.

SINCE THEN.

THE MOST RECENT DATA SHOWS % DROP IN TEEN BIRTHS.

FROM 2012 TO 2016.

IN THE TEEN CITY.

BUT WE NEED TO SUSTAIN OVE LONG HAUL.

THE CONCENTRATION IS ON YO IN THE CITY.

>> WE HAVE A MUCH HIGHER R IN THIS STATE OF THAN THE NATION.

AND ESSENTIALLY BID WITH T POPULATION IN THE CITY OF WRITING.

AND THE CONCENTRATION OF Y PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE.

THE TEEN BIRTH RATE IN THE IS ABOUT THREE TIMES THE S RATE.

>> ACCORDING TO STATE FIGU PENNSYLVANIA HAS 19 BIRTHS TEENS AGES 15 TO 19.

THAT RATE IN BERKS COUNTY PER 1000.

AND IN THE CITY OF READING IS 68 FOR 1000.

OR MORE THAN 3 1/2 TIMES T STATE AVERAGE.

>> AND ONE OF THE LATEST EFFORTS TO HELP COMBAT TEE PREGNANCY OPENED HERE AT T HIGH SCHOOL.

AT THE END OF 2018.

CO-COUNTY WELLNESS AND BER TEENS MATTER.

OPEN THE HEALTH RESOURCE CENTER.>> READING HIGH HRC OFFERS SEX EDUCATION TO STUDENTS THREE DAYS A WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

WITH THE HELP OF STUDENTS AS YOUTH AMBASSADORS.

WHO HELP SPREAD THE WORD O RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

THE HEALTH RESOURCE SENSOR CENTER OPEN CONTROVERSY OV WHO WOULD RUN IT.

THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL HAD PLANNED PARENTHOOD BEHIND THE IDEA THAT WAS REJECTED THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2017 J LAST YEAR THE PROPOSAL WAS TWEAKED TO HAVE CO-COUNTY WELLNESS BEHIND THE SERVIC AND IT PASSED.

WE ARE TOLD THAT 3 TO 6 NE STUDENTS PER WEEK ARE TAKI ADVANTAGE.

IN ADDITION TO RETURNING T IT IS JUST ONE WAY STAKEHO ARE TRYING TO SOFTEN THE B OF TEEN PREGNANCY.

AND ITS IMPLICATIONS.>> ECONOMICALLY, EDUCATIONALL WORKPLACE PREPAREDNESS.

BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE ISSU THAT ARE INTERCONNECTED.

WITH TEEN PARENTING.

AND HOW THAT IMPACTS PEOPL ABILITY TO COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION.

AND TO HAVE THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED T ABLE TO BE IN AN EMPLOYMEN SITUATION.

>> WANTS TO SPEAK TO SCHOO DISTRICT OFFICIALS ABOUT T NEW RESOURCE CENTER.

AND HOW STUDENT AMBASSADOR BEING DEPLOYED IN THE SCHO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE TO OUR INQUIRIES.

THERE IS HELP NEEDED OUTSI SCHOOL AS WELL.. AND THE EFFORT PERIODS TO THE COUNTY BIRTH RATE BY 4 THE HOPE IS THAT PARENTS W STEP UP.

AND TALK ABOUT THE TOPIC W THEIR KIDS.>> HOPEFULLY.

THEY CAN HAVE CONVERSATION THAT HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TAL ABOUT VALUES.

AND HOW THAT INFORMS THEIR DECISIONS AROUND RELATIONS HOPEFULLY.

THEY CAN HELP TO MODEL.

AND THINK ABOUT AND TALK A WHAT A HEALTHY RELATIONSHI TALK TO THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT ARE THEIR GOALS AND HOW BECOMING A PARENT EARLY AGE OR BECOMING SEXU ACTIVE AT AN EARLY AGE MIG IMPACT THE HOPES AND DREAM THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE FUT SO YEAH.

WE THINK THAT PARENTS ARE PRIMARY.

>> INSIDE THE EGG.

ARE SO MANY STORIES.>> ADD PARENTS ARE ON THE FRONTLI THE OTHER ADULTS MUST ACT SUPPORT IN THE EFFORT.

IN BERKS COUNTY PENNSYLVAN AM BRITNEY SWEENEY.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.>> THI BANDIT.

A 2 1/2 YEAR OLD NETHERLAN QUAKER HONCHO.

>> HE IS THE RESULT OF THR GENERATIONS OF VERY VERY SELECTIVE BREEDING.

TO GET HIM TO MATCH THE STANDARD.

>> ROB IS A DOG BREEDER WH LIVES IN THIS AREA.

HIS DOG BANDIT IS REPRESEN THE BREED THAT HAS JUST BE RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB.

AND IS NOW ELIGIBLE TO COM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IN THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL DOG SHOW.

>> WE HELP TO BRING A LOT THEM OVER.

WHICH NOW THEY'RE JUST GET HELP TO THE TWO-YEAR-OLD A BRACKET.

WHERE THEY NOW CAN GO INTO BREEDING PROGRAMS.>> SO IT BEEN A LONG MOVE COMING AL AND GETTING THEM THERE.

BUT.

WE ARE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN THE BIG SHOWS NOW >> THE BREED ORIGINATED IN NETHERLANDS.

THEY ARE FAMOUS IN HOLLAND BUT THEY ARE ONLY ABOUT 70 THE UNITED DATES.

>> THE NETHERLANDS QUAKER, EXACTLY.

THE QUAKER IS THE MAN THAT CAPTURES THEM.

THE HONDA IS DUTCH FOR DOG AND JADE JUST MEANS LITTLE SO IT IS A DECOY MAN'S LIT DOG.

IT IS A DESCRIPTION RATHER A NAME.

>> THEY ARE HUNTING DOGS.

USED TO LAURA DOCKS.

>> AROUND THE POND.

THE QUAKER WOULD HAVE DOG TRIBUTARIES OFF TO THE SID AND COVERS THEM WITH BIG N IN THE FALL.

WHEN THE WILD DUCKS MIGRAT ON THE POND FOR THE QUAKER THE DECOY.

THEN COMES OUT.

AND HE FEEDS THEM.

AND.

THE DUCKS GET VERY USED TO HAVING HIM THERE.

AS A HUMAN.

AS A FOOD SOURCE.

EVERYTHING IS DONE VERY CA AND VERY QUIETLY.

AND THE DOG COMES OUT.

AND INTERMINGLED WITH THE DUCKS.

WHILE THEY ARE FEEDING.

VERY CALMLY.

DOES NOT DISTURB THEM.

THEY ARE NOT APPREHENSIVE HIM.

OR ANYTHING.

HE IS JUST VERY VERY CALM.

HIS TAIL.

IS ALMOST ALWAYS WALKING.

BECAUSE HE IS SO VERY HAPP THEN THE DOG THEN WILL STA WALKING DOWN THE PATHWAYS THESE TRIBUTARIES.

AND THE DUCKS FOLLOW THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE ASSOCIAT THEM WITH THE FOOD SOURCE.

>> THE DOG EVENTUALLY LEAD DUCKS TO A TRAP SET BY THE QUAKER.

>> IT IS THE PIED PIPER OF DOG WORLD.

BECAUSE IN THE SPORTING BR WHICH IS A HAUNTING GROUP DOGS.

ALL GEARED AROUND SHOOTING KILLING.

THESE GUYS MERELY LEAVE TH DOCKS.

DOWN THE PATHWAY.

AND THE DUCKS VERY CALMLY FOLLOW THEM.

BECAUSE THE DOG IS VERY QU AND VERY CALM WITH HIS GEN WAGGING TAIL.

ALL THE TIME.

>> ALTHOUGH BANDIT WILL NO COMPETING IN THE WESTMINST DOG SHOW THIS YEAR.

HIS OWNER SAYS THAT HE WIL DEFINITELY COMPETE NEXT YE I HAVE NOT SHOWN HIM THIS WE HAVE BEEN DOING MORE OF PROMOTIONS.

TYPES OF THINGS.

>> BEFORE COMPETING AT THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW.

A DOG MUST FIRST WIN SMALL DOG SHOWS IN THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE SEVE QUAKER HONCHOS AT WESTMINS WHICH BEGINS FEBRUARY 9.

T WILL BE JUDGED AGAINST THE STANDARD OF THE BREED.>> I IT'S NOT VERY WELL.

ONE OF THE NICE LITTLE ATTRIBUTES AND IT IS NOT NECESSARY THAT THEY HAVE.

BUT IT IS VERY DISTINCTIVE OF THESE LONG BLACK HAIRS THEIR EARS.

THEY ARE CALLED EARRINGS.

OTHER THAN THAT.

THEY NEED TO HAVE THE WHIT FLUFFY TAIL.

AND THE REST OF THE BODY I I MENTIONED CAN BE ANY KIN COMBINATIONS OF RED PATCHE ON THESE WHITE DOGS.

WE KIND OF GOT EVERYTHING THIS.

>> AS FOR BANDIT.

>> HE GOT THE NAME BANDIT.

BECAUSE HE STEALS KISSES A HEARTS.

>> HE IS JUST GOING TO SPR THE LOVE.

UNTIL IT IS HIS TIME TO SH IN PENNSYLVANIA.

I AM HALEY O'BRIEN.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.>> NORRISTOWN HAS ABOUT 400 F HYDRANTS STRATEGICALLY PLA AROUND THE CITY.

UNFORTUNATELY.

MANY OF THEM ARE PLACED IN PRIME PARKING LOCATIONS.

THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR THE NORRISTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT >> THE VEHICLE CENTER CARELESSLY PARKED IN FRONT FIRE HYDRANTS BLOCKING OUR ACCESS.>> IT IS A CHRONIC ISSUE.

THERE WERE THREE SIGNIFICA FIRES IN THE PAST FEW MONT INVOLVING FOR BLOCKED FIRE HYDRANTS.

FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO DECK FIRE JANUARY 19.

ON THE 1600 BLOCK OF COLLE AND COURT.

BUT WERE UNABLE TO USE THE NEARBY FIRE HYDRANTS.

BECAUSE A CAR WAS BLOCKING ACCESS TO IT.

IT WAS THE VEHICLE WAS SO THAT THE VEHICLE EITHER HA CLIMB UP THE PASSENGER SID THE CAR TO GET OUT.

OR HAD TO SQUEEZE BETWEEN FIRE HYDRANT AND HIS DRIVE SIDE DOOR TO GET OUT OF TH VEHICLE.

>> THE CAR WAS TICKETED AN TOWED.

AND FIREFIGHTERS ACTUALLY ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.

WITHOUT USING THE HYDRANT.

BUT 10 DAYS LATER.

FACEBOOK TITILLATED THE FI DEPARTMENT THAT THIS SAME VEHICLE WAS PARKED BLOCKIN SAME FIRE HYDRANT.>> NEIGH SAY THAT PARKING IS TIGHT THE BLOCK.

SO IT IS A CONSTANT FIGHT.

TO FIND A SPACE.

>> I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT LIKE THIS WEATHER.

WHERE IT IS BLISTERING COL PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE THE FAC THAT THEY HAVE TO WALK.

LARGE DISTANCES.

IF I SEE A SPOT I TAKE ONE WELL.

SO I CAN SEE BOTH SIDES OF >> EVEN SO.

STACY SAID THAT THE FIRE O STREET DID WAKE HER UP TO POSSIBILITY.

THAT IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.>> AND HONESTY.

IF MY HOUSE RON FIRE I WOU JUST THAT SOMEBODY WALKING FRONT OF MY FIRE HYDRANT T BUT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND T THE SAFETY OF IT ALL.

THAT TO ME IS JUST AS IMPO AS EVERYBODY'S CONVENIENCE >> THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAY THAT SAFETY SHOULD ALWAYS CONVENIENCE.

SO STARTING THIS MONTH.

AUTHORITIES ARE CRACKING D ON VIOLATORS.

IN PENNSYLVANIA.

IT IS ILLEGAL TO STAND OR A VEHICLE WITHIN 15 FEET O FIRE HYDRANT.

THIS MONTH ALONE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE BUR HAVE ALREADY TICKETED DOZE CARS.

WITH 19 CARS NEEDING TO BE TOWED.>> THE MESSAGE IS RE SIMPLE.

DON'T PARK IN FRONT OF THE HYDRANTS.

THEY WERE NOT PLACED THERE RESIDENTS TO PARK IN FRONT THEY WERE PLACED THERE AS TOOL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTME USE.

IN CASE THERE IS A FIRE IN NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT WAS THE HYDRANT SERVE A VALUABLE PURPOSE.

FIRETRUCKS DO CARRY A LIMI AMOUNT OF WATER.

BUT WHEN THAT RUNS OUT.

THE NEED TO CONNECT TO A F HYDRANT.

AS A SECONDARY SOURCE.

IT WAS A HOUSE FIRE FOR EX COULD EASILY USE UP THE 50 GALLONS OF WATER.

THAT AN AVERAGE FIRETRUCKS CARRIES.>> WE NEED AS MUCH WATER AVAILABLE TO US AS POSSIBLE.

THAT IS WHY THESE FIRE HYD I PUT HERE.

>> THE FINES VARY BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES.

BUT IN NORRISTOWN IT CURRE EARNS IMPOUNDING FEES.

PLUS A TICKET AT $28.

O'DONNELL SAID THAT HE PLA ASK THE NORRISTOWN COUNSEL RAISE THAT FINE TO $70.

MEANWHILE.

HE SAYS RESIDENTS SHOULD B PRACTICING BETTER PARKING HABITS.

BECAUSE IN THE END.

NOT BLOCKING FIRE HYDRANTS HELPING PROTECT THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.>> IN NORRISTOW PENNSYLVANIA.

I AM HARRY LEIFER PBS 39 N TONIGHT.>> IT IS A SILENT KILLER.

RADON IS A COLORLESS ODORL GAS THAT CAUSES LUNG CANCE KILLS UP TO 21,000 PEOPLE YEAR.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

HERE IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK EXPOSURE TO RADON.

BECAUSE OF THE GEOLOGY IN RADIUM AND SOIL.

>> I FEEL LIKE I GOT HIT B BUS.

ACTUALLY.

WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED.

AND I WAS VERY SCARED.

BEING IN MY MID-30s.

I HAD JUST EXPERIENCED SOM MY FRIENDS GETTING CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS DEAR FRIENDS HAD JUST PASSED AW OF BREAST CANCER.

SO.

I WAS VERY SCARED FOR MY L AND I WASN'T REALLY GIVEN OF INFORMATION WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED.

AND I KNOW WHY BECAUSE THE STATISTICS FOR LUNG CANCER SURVIVAL IS SO LOW.

>> SHE WAS US TO SHE WAS A FEATURED SPEAKER.

UT, WHO LIVES IN NEBRASKA THAT SHE WAS STUNNED TO LE THAT SHE WAS EXPOSED TO RA AND CONTRACTED CANCER IN T DREAM HOME SHE HAD BUILT I 30s.

WITH MONTHS OF RADIATION, CHEMOTHERAPY AND SURGERY.

BUCKEYE WAS ABLE TO BEAT CANCER.

HOWEVER SHE SAYS THAT SHE WISHES SHE WOULD HAVE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DANGEROUS EFFECTS OF THE RADIOACTIVE GAS.>> RADON IS A NATURALL OCCURRING GAS PRODUCED BY BREAKDOWN OF URANIUM AND S ROCK AND WATER.

AND CAN EASILY ENTER HOMES BUILDINGS.

THE FOUNDATION OPENINGS.>> GAS COMES UP THROUGH CRACK THROUGH THE FLOOR.

AND IT CAN COLLECT AND GO THE REST OF THE HOUSE.

AND GET UP TO VERY HIGH DA THAT CAN NOW POSE A RISK.

THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY C GET.

LUNG CANCER.

>> AFTER GLORIA'S HUSBAND FROM LUNG CANCER CAUSED BY RADON.

SHE CREATED THE NONPROFIT CITIZENS FOR RADIOACTIVE R REDUCTION.

BASED IN WATERLOO ILLINOIS THE GOAL IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS ABOUT THE REAL DANGERS OF LIVING, WORKING, OR ATTEND SCHOOL IN ENVIRONMENTS WIT ELEVATED LEVELS OF RADON G WELL 13 YEARS AGO.

I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT RADON MY HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED W LUNG CANCER.

SHE HAD NOT SMOKED FOR 30 YEARS.

WE HAD A VERY VERY HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

AND SO.

JOE, MY HUSBAND WAS TOLD H SIX WEEKS AFTER HIS DIAGNO HE WAS STAGE IV.

THE LUNG CANCER HAD ALREAD TRAVELED TO HIS BONES TO H LIVER.

AND AGAIN WE FOUND IT OUT ENTIRELY BY ACCIDENT.

SO THE CAUSE WITH LUNG CAN MANY TIME.

THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFIC SYMPTOM.

THAT WOULD LEAD YOU TO BEL THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LUNG CANCER.

>> THE BIG TAKE AWAY FROM SEMINAR.

CANCER CAUSED BY RADON IS COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE.

THE ONLY WAY TO DETECTIVE IS PRESENT IS TO TEST FOR THESE TESTS CAN BE PURCHAS HARDWARE STORES AND LOCAL TOWNSHIPS SOMETIMES OFFER KITS TO TEST FOR FREE.>> R SUPPLIES ORGANIZED THE SEM BECAUSE JANUARY IS NATIONA RADON ACTION MONTH AIMED A INCREASING AWARENESS.

>> THE IMPORTANT IS TO DO JUST TEST.

JUST TO DO IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO TEST.

THAT THE IN-HOME TEST KITS KNOW.

YES A PROFESSIONAL TEST WO BE THE IDEAL THING.

TO GET A PROFESSIONAL IN T AND HAVE THEM TEST.

BUT THE TEST KITS THAT YOU GET AT YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE.

THEY ARE THERE.

I THINK WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST WHEN I WAS LIKE $90 $20.

THERE EVEN CHEAPER THAN TH HAVE SEEN THEM.

YOU CAN GET THEM ON AMAZON YOU KNOW.

SO IT IS SUPER EASY.

AND IT DOES NOT TAKE VERY AND YOU SEND THEM IN AND I GETS THE RESULTS VERY QUIC >> THE EPA REQUISITE NOTIC RECOMMENDS TESTING YOUR SC OR BUSINESS EVERY 10 YEARS HAVE AN ACTIVE SYSTEM IN Y HOME.

>> I REALLY NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE IN A HOMELESS SHE AFTER ONE DAY I GOT A PIEC MAIL AND ITS CHANGED MY WH LIFE.

>> FOR TWO MONTHS.

STEPHANIE AND HER ONE AND HALF-YEAR-OLD TWINS HAD NO PLACE TO GO.

SHE LOST HER PARENTS AS A CHILD.

>> THEY PASSED AWAY WHEN I YOUNGER.

SO>> SHE HAD NO FAMILY TO TO WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE EVICTION NOTICE.

>> I WAS JUST BOUNCING ARO AND TRYING TO SURVIVE.

>> ENDED UP SECURING AN APARTMENT AT THE SIXTH STR SHELTER.

THE FAMILY APARTMENT COMMU SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LE VALLEY.

BUT HER SITUATION IS FAR F PERMANENT.

THE SHELTER CAN ONLY OFFER AN APARTMENT FOR A MAXIMUM 90 DAYS.

THE SIXTH STREET SHELTER H UNITS.

RESIDENTS CAN SPEND 60 TO DAYS THERE.

BUT THEIR STAY IS CONDITIO ON TEAMING SOURCE OF INCOM SAVING 50 % OF THAT INCOME SUPPORT THEMSELVES WHEN TH FINALLY LEAVE THE SHELTER.

>> THE VAST MAJORITY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THAT VA ARE MOMS WITH THEIR KIDS.

>> AS A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE.

AND I DID NOT MAKE IT.

>> ALAN JENNINGS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY.>> IT PROBLEM NUMBER ONE IN OUR SOCIETY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT ENOUGH MONEY.

IN THE MARKET.

TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR MOST BASIC BILLS.

AND YOU KNOW.

ALL I DO IS HAVE ONE SETBA AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

YOU CAN HAVE AN EVICTION NOTICE.

>> JENNINGS HAS BEEN FIGHT WAR ON POVERTY.

IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY SINCE WAS 26 YEARS OLD.

AND IN OVER 34 YEARS HE HA SEEN MUCH OF A CHANGE IN T NEED FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER LIKE THE ONES HIS ORGANIZA PROVIDES.

>> SO MANY AMERICANS ARE O MAYBE TWO PAYCHECKS AWAY F BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE NEED TO BE IN A PLACE LIKE NEXT SHELTER.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DENY.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO CONCEI THAT OUR SOCIETY IS FAILIN IT'S PEOPLE AS BADLY AS IT BUT THE REALITY IS.

FAR TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE TROUBLE.

AND NEED TO BE HERE.>> SO ARE IN ONE OF OUR KITCHENS SO IT IS REALLY NEAT THAT FAMILY CAN COME IN.

AND THEY CAN PREPARE THEIR MEALS.

AND THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN STAYING OUTSIDE FOR THE MI HAVE BEEN STAYING IN A CAR SO GETTING BACK TO BEING NORMAL.

IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR TH CHILDREN.

AND THEN IF YOU COME THIS WE HAVE A REALLY TINY LIVI ROOM.

IT IS NOT MUCH TO LIVE IN FOREVER.

WE HAVE A KITCHEN.

A TABLE.

THIS IS FOR A FAMILY OF TH THAT WILL BE MOVING IN.

BUT IT CAN HOUSE UP TO FOU >> I'M JUST FOUR MILES.

FROM CITY CENTER ARLINGTON AND THIS THE AMERICAN DREA IS THIS SINGLE-FAMILY HOME THE WELL MANICURED LAWNS.

THE SUBURBAN SETTING.

IS JUST THAT FOR MANY AMERICANS.

JUST A DREAM.

FOR SOME.

STAYING IN A HOUSE IS ENOU A CHALLENGE.

EVEN IF THAT MEANS RENTING HOTEL ROOM.

OR STAYING IN A SHELTER.

THE RENT IS GOING UP NOW.

MORE.

MORE.

úNOW THAT THERE IS M AND THERE IS MORE STUFF CO UP.

THE RENT IS GOING HIGHER.> STEPHANIE WHO DID NOT WANT TO USE HER LAST NAME.

HAS LIVED IN THIS TOWN FOR YEARS.

AND SHE EXPLAINED.

THAT IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO KEEP A ROOF OVER HEAD.

THE LEHIGH VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND BETWEEN 2 AND 2016.

THE NUMBER OF RENTERS IN T LEHIGH VALLEY INCREASED BY 6500 RENTERS.

AND 45 % OF THEM PAY MORE $1000 A MONTH.

AND RENT.

>> EVEN IF IT IS LIKE A CR APARTMENT FOR THE STOPPING THE PRICE BECAUSE YOU LIVE THE CENTER CITY.

YOU'RE PAYING FOR CENTRICI GOOD YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR APARTMENT YOU'RE JUST PAYI LIVE IN CENTER CITY NEXT T ARENA, AND NEXT TO THE CON AND ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE PAYING >> FOR THOSE LOOKING TO GE ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPART OF HOUSING.

OR AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

FOR FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED APARTMENT.

WITH THE HELP OF HOUSING C VOUCHERS.

ALSO KNOWN AS SECTION 8, I REALLY DIFFICULT.>> IT TAK YEARS.

TO BE MOVED OFF OF THE WAI LIST.

IF YOU'RE EVEN ABLE TO GET IT.

ALLENTOWN HAS CLOSED THEIR LIST.

FOR NEW APPLICANTS.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSI AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

HAS ITS LOCAL ENTITIES WHI ARE HOUSING AUTHORITIES.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES AN THE COUNTY.

THOSE PLACES ARE AS OVERWH AS ALL THE REST OF US ARE.

AND THERE WAITING LISTS AR FULL.

SO THEY STOP THE WAITING L AND IT TAKES 2 TO 3 YEARS GET INTO HIS SUBSIDIZED APARTMENT.

>> APPLICATIONS, WAITING L CLOSE LIST.

THE SYSTEM CAN BE OVERWHEL FOR YOUNG MOTHERS.

LIKE STEPHANIE.>> THE PEOP DOWN HERE.

THEY ARE ALREADY IN LIKE MAYHEM.

AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE O THEM ARE NOT HELPING THEM.

THEY'RE MAKING THEM MORE MAYHEM.

LIKE THEY'RE MAKING THEM M OVERWHELMED.

>> THEY PUT MORE STUFF ON LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

ANOTHER YOU HAVE DONE THIS HAVE TO DO THAT.

IT IS LIKE MORE AND MORE T PUT ON TOP OF YOU.

WHEN ALL YOU'RE JUST TRY T IS MAKE SOME MONEY.

TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR LIGHT YOUR RENT, AND YOUR CHILDR CLOTHES AND FOOD AND SHELT >> FOR MOST OF US WOULD HA RHYTHM IN OUR LIVES.

WE GET UP WE GET DRESSED F WORK REALLY COME HOME AND UP THE KIDS WE PICK UP THE HOMEWORK.

WE PUT THEM UP AND TAKE TH BED.

THAT IS THE ROUTINE WE BEC VERY EFFICIENT AT THAT.

WHEN YOU ARE POOR.

THE ONLY RHYTHM IN YOUR LI THIS WHAT I CALL SURVIVAL CRISIS.

BECAUSE IT IS LIKE MY CAR DOWN I CANNOT GET TO WORK I DO NOT GET TO WORK TODAY I GET THERE TOMORROW.

THE BOSSES MAD AT ME BECAU MISSED ANOTHER DAY OF WORK I GET FIRED.

I LOSE MY JOB I LOSE MY IN I LOSE MY APARTMENT.

I LOSE MY APARTMENT.

AND ALL OF THIS STUFF.

IS JUST LIKE THIS CONSTANT ARRAY OF INABILITY TO MAKE WORK IN THE RHYTHM IS SUPP TO WORK.

>> WE ALL WANT THE SAME TH HOPEFULLY.

WE JUST WANT CONSISTENCY A HOME AND TO PROVIDE FOR OU CHILDREN.

>> IN PENNSYLVANIA I AM CH NOUVELLE.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>> PRESERVING A PIECE OF HISTORY AND STEPPING ON TH TRAIN BEHIND ME IS LIKE STEPPING BACK INTO THE 190 AND IT IS ON TRACK TO PUT BOYERTOWN ON THE MAP.

AS A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION HERE IN BERKS COUNTY.>> HEADING THE TRAC BOYERTOWN PENNSYLVANIA.

IS A TIME CAPSULE THAT YOU BOARD.>> THE RAILROAD IS A EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME.

THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER S RAILROAD.

THIS TAKES YOU BACK IN TIM 100 YEARS.

AND IT IS TRULY A TREASURE >> BENNY 8.6 MILES.

FROM BOYERTOWN AND BERKS COUNTY.

THE POTTSTOWN AND MONTGOME COUNTY.

THE COLD BROOKDALE RAILROA DRAWS PASSENGERS IN FROM A THE COUNTRY.>> WERE TRYING MAKE BOYERTOWN A DESTINATI I THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT.

OUR PASSENGER COUNT KEEPS UP.

EVERY YEAR.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

>> TAKING IN THE 1900 STYL ENGINE.

IT IS NOT HARD TO SEE WHY PRODUCER DIRECTOR RICK LOP CHOSE THIS TRAIN FOR HIS.

PIECE ON A RAIL LINE SPANN FROM MONTRCAL CANADA TO PORTLAND MAINE.

>> THIS IS A PRODUCTION TH COOPERATION WITH THE NATIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

WHICH I'M A BOARD MEMBER.

AND FOR DIGITAL MEDIA.

AND WE ARE DOING A 4 TO 6 SERIES.

AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE A FE- LENGTH FILM.

THAT WILL BE SHOWN AROUND COUNTRY.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SE IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE RELE IN BOTH THE U.S.

AND CANAD THE SERIES AND MOVIE ARE N DUE OUT UNTIL LATE 2020.

BUT SHOOTING IS WELL UNDER THIS WEEK.

>> WE LOOKED AT AN AWFUL L TRAINS.

AROUND THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT MET SO MANY OF TH ASPECTS THAT WE NEEDED.

ONE WAS A HISTORICALLY ACC TURN OF THE CENTURY TRAIN.

AND THEY DID A REMARKABLE IN TERMS OF RENOVATING AND RESTORING.

IT WAS ANOTHER REASON THAT PRODUCTION COMPANY CHOSE T LOCATION IS THE PROXIMITY THE MUSEUM OF HISTORIC VEHICLES.

AND THE LOCAL DINER.

BOTH OF WHICH WERE USED IN FILMING PROCESS.

>> THAT IN CONJUNCTION WIT FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY WA SUPPORTIVE.

AND CAME OUT.

IN DROVES TO WANT TO BE A OF IT.

>> WOULD PUT A CASTING CAL OUTS.

MAYBE AT FOUR WEEKS AGO.

OR SO.

AND FOR SOME REASON.

IT WENT VIRAL.

AND WE ONLY NEEDED ABOUT 2 PEOPLE TO BE YOU KNOW EXTR BUT IT WENT CRAZY.

>> ARTIST WANTED TO HAVE F I JUST THOUGHT AS I'D LIKE MUCH FUNDS FUN.

>> WITH COSTUMES PROVIDED MANY VOLUNTEERS AND EXTRAS IT IS THE LOCALS THAT BRIN THIS RIDE TO LIFE.>> I SUP ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO D WITH THE TOWN.

I AM A BIG TOWN FAN.

SO ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING I WANTED TO BE A PART OF I BUT I JUST THINK THIS IS G TO BE SOMETHING FUN THAT W REMEMBER FOREVER.>> AND TH ALL HAPPY TO HELP SING OPE FIVE YEARS AGO THIS ATTRAC IS BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THEIR TOWN.

>> MANY OF THE BUILDINGS T WERE ABANDONED ON PHILADEL AVENUE ARE NOW FULL.

AND PROSPERITY IS HERE IN BOYERTOWN.

>> IT IS SORT OF AN INSPIR FOR EVERYTHING.

IT IS JUST A CATALYST TO E GROUP THAT EVERYONE IS EXC SO IT HAS BROUGHT YOU KNOW TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HAS BROUGHT ITS SPIRITS TO TOWN.

EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOI IT WAS A TOURIST HOTSPOT I MAKING SOON TO BE HIGHLIGH ON THE BIG SCREEN.

>> OUR RAILROAD IS MORE TH JUST A TRAIN RIDE.

IT IS AN EXPERIENCE.

FOR KIDS, FOR ADULTS.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT WROTE O TRAIN PLEASE COME AND RISE IT IS NOT JUST THE TRAINRI IS AN EXPERIENCE.

>> WHILE THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR TIME FOR THE TRAIN SHUT THINGS DOWN FOR THE M OF JANUARY.

BUT THEY OPEN THEM UP BACK TIME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING EV VISIT PBS 39.ORG.

IN BERKS COUNTY PENNSYLVAN I AM BRITNEY SWEENEY PBS 3 NEWS TONIGHT.

>> I WOKE UP THIS MORNING WAS REALLY ACHY.

I FELT FEVERISH.

I WAS SWEATY WHEN I WOKE U >> ARE YOU FEELING SICK FR THE COLD AND THE FLU AND A UNABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DOCTOR IN THESE WINTER CONDITIONS THERE IS AN APP HELP YOU OUT.

THE ST.

LUKE'S CARE ANYWHE APP.

USING THEIR SMART PHONE TA OR COMPUTER.

PATIENTS CAN SEE DOCTORS F COMMON COLDS, SINUS INFECT RASHES, AND THE FLU.

A PARTICULARLY COMMON INFE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> I THINK THAT IT IS VERY CONVENIENT FOR THE PATIENT FOR SOME OF THE MORE SIMPL CONCERNS.

WERE THEY DO NOT NECESSARI HAVE TO BE SEEN IN PERSON.

AND THEY CAN BE SEEN ON TH TIMEFRAME.

AND THE CONVENIENCE OF THE HOME AND THEIR OFFICE.

>> THIS FLU SEASON PARTS O VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN NE JERSEY ARE SEEING A HIGH N OF CASES.

IN FACT CLASSES WERE CANCE AT CLINTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT LAST FRIDAY.

AND THIS MONDAY BECAUSE OF NUMBER OF STUDENTS OUT SIC WITH THE FLU SYMPTOMS.

>> WE ARE IN COLD AND FLU SEASONS.

SO.

WE ARE SEEING A TREMENDOUS VOLUME.

AND IT IS A TREMENDOUS GRO AT THIS POINT.

ON THE PRODUCT.

>> APP STARTED FOUR YEARS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

AND NEW JERSEY.

THE ST.

LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK.>> HE IS NO TO THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY EDISON HAS BEEN DONE AND HEALTHCARE FOR MANY MANY Y WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE OFFERING IS SMART PHONES B MORE AVAILABLE.

AND BANDWIDTH ON THE INTER IS INCREASING.

SO IT IS THESE TWO OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP IN TECHNOLOGY.

IT IS MAKING THAT ACCESS.

MORE DIRECT FOR US.

>> IT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN 48 CONTINENTAL STATES.

AND THERE ARE DOCTORS AVAI 24 SEVEN INCLUDING HOLIDAY >> SO EVEN IF YOU'RE TRAVE ON VACATION.

IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO YOU.

AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO JUS A ST.

LUKE'S PATIENT.

IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

OUR PRODUCT WILL PRESENT Y WITH A POSITION -- A PHYSI WHO IS LICENSED IN THE STA THAT YOU ARE.

SO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TH GUESSWORK OUT OF IT FOR YO SO WE ARE GOING TO TO THE >> APP IS AVAILABLE FOR FR THE iTUNES APP STORE, GOOG PLAY.

AS WAS THE SAINT LUKE WEBS NOW.

IF YOU'RE A LITTLE INTIMID BY TECHNOLOGY.

DO NOT WORRY.

JUST FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE S YOU SELECT THE PHYSICIAN Y WANT TO SEE HAD SELECT PROVIDER.

PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

AND THEN YOUR SYMPTOMS.

YOU HAD TO ACKNOWLEDGE.

PROVIDER INSURANCE DETAILS AND THEN YOU JUST HIT CONT AND NOW YOU'RE IN THE VIRT WAITING ROOM.>> HELLO LONG NO SEE.

>> IN THE PAST IT WAS MORE HOSPITAL TO HOSPITAL.

OR A HOSPITAL TO A PRIMARY PRACTICE OFFICE.

TECHNOLOGY WAS VERY EXPENS AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES.

IT IS MAKING THESE CONSUME APPS CHEAPER TO PUT INTO T MARKETPLACE.

>> IF YOU'RE PAYING OUT-OF- POCKET.

VISITS ARE $49.

OF COURSE VIRTUAL APPOINTM DO COME WITH THEIR DIFFICULTIES.

>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT.

BECAUSE YOU CAN PUT YOUR H ON THE PATIENT.

YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT PHYSI CONNECTION.

YOU CANNOT SEE IN THE EARS >> I WANTED TO FEEL IF YOU ANY TENDER LYMPH NODES.

SO IF YOU FEEL THEM THE SI YOUR WINDPIPE.

IN FRONT OF YOUR NECK.

ANYTIME YOU FEEL ANY LUMPS BUMPS THAT ARE TENDER.>> A LITTLE TENDER ON MY LEFT SIDE.>> WE CAN ASK THE PAT TO DO SOME SIMPLE EXAM TECHNIQUES THAT WE MIGHT T THE OFFICE.

WE ALSO ASK THAT THE PATIE TECH THERE -- CHECK THEIR TEMPERATURE AT HOME.

IF THEY HAVE A BLOOD PRESS MONITOR IF THEY CHECK THEI BLOOD PRESSURE OR PULSE TH CAN BE PART OF THE ISSUE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO.

WITH THAT WE ABSOLUTELY FI -- FEEL THAT THE PATIENT N TO BE SEEN AND TOUCHED AND PERSONALLY VISUALIZED.

WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE TH RECOMMENDATION.

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO IS TAKE VERY STRONG HISTORY.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THE HIS THEIR PAST MEDICAL HISTORY WELL AS THEIR CURRENT SYMP CAN TELL US WHAT IS GOING EVEN WITHOUT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY EXAMINING THE PATIENT.>> IT IS FASCINATI SEE THAT WE ARE SEEING UTILIZATION ACROSS DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND ALMOST AN EQUAL RATE.

>> ATLAS HAS PARTNERSHIPS SOME AREA COLLEGES WHERE T ADVERTISE THE SERVICE TO STUDENTS.

STUDENTS OF SOME COLLEGES HAVE A DISCOUNTED CO-PAY.

FOR EXAMPLE.

STUDENTS AT LAFAYETTE COLL IN EASTON ONLY PAY $15 PER VISIT.

>> COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE VE BUSY.

WITH THEIR CLASSES.

WITH HIGH TRANSPORTATION T CAN BE AN ISSUE AS WELL.

SO YES THERE ARE THINGS TH CAN DO TO HELP.

COLLEGE STUDENTS.

>> AND THIS ALSO HELPS PAT AND MORE RURAL AREAS.

>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE RURAL AREAS.

MAINLY BECAUSE IT IS EASY ACCESS.

AND AS THE INTERNET ACCESS GROWS STRONGER OUT IN THOS AREAS.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY RE THE DISTANCE TO THE PROVID OFFICE.

SO THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO MORE IMMEDIATE CARE.

AND NOT TO LEAVE THE HOME.

>> TELEHEALTH IS ALSO BEIN USED FOR PSYCHOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY AND POSTOPERAT FOLLOW-UPS AT ST.

LUKE'S.

AND DOCTORS CAN EVEN PRESC MEDICATION IF NECESSARY.>> DO GET YOUR PHARMACY PREFE I CAN SEND THAT OVER TO TH PHARMACY.

I WILL HAVE IT THERE IN AB 10 MINUTES.

>> IN ABOUT WHY ALL PENNSYLVANIA.

HOPEFULLY YOU'RE FEELING B PRETTY SOON.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.>> THI A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE OF OU TIME.

IT WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE I ROOM SENT OUR PRESIDENT.

THAT YOU CAMPAIGN THAT YOU GOING TO WORK FOR THE FORG MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS COUN AND THERE IS NOBODY MORE FORGOTTEN OR UNDERREPRESEN ON THE PEOPLE IN PRISON.

AND I CAN SEE RED AND THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT IS WHA GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT >> IN DECEMBER.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED INT THE FIRST STEP ACT.

A BILL THAT COULD HELP RED MASS INCARCERATION.

>> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FAR MANY YOUNGER MEN PARTICULA TRAGICALLY YOUNG BLACK MEN YOU FIND THEMSELVES DECADE PRISON.

FOR A NINE VIOLENT CRIME.

THIS BILL CORRECTS THIS AN BREAKS THIS IN THE GREAT S OF THE DIRECTION OF JUSTIC >> THIS IS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR ALLENTOWN'S PROMISED NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE MOST RECENTLY WAS RELEA FROM STATE PRISON IN 2000 AFTER CONVICTIONS ON POSSE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER CHA HE AND SOME OF HIS COLLEAG AT PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS LEHIGH VALLEY SPOKE TO PBS ABOUT THE STIGMA ASSOCIATE WITH INCARCERATION AND THE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFOR HE SAYS THE FIRST TIME HE ARRESTED.

HE WAS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD.> THERE ARE THINGS LIKE YOUR CODE I CAN TELL ME EVERYTH NEED TO KNOW.

ABOUT YOU.

AND WHAT YOUR LIFE IS GOIN LOOK LIKE.

SO LOOK AT THE DISPARITIES WE SAY ONE IN THREE BLACK WILL BE INCARCERATED IN TH LIFETIME IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THE FIRST STEP ACT AIMS AMONG OTHER THINGS REDUCE RATES, ENSURE FAIR SENTENC AND KEEP THOSE IN THE FEDE PRISON SYSTEM CLOSER TO HO IT WAS MOST OF THE PRISONE FROM THE AREA WE ARE AT RI NOW.

MOST OF THE STATE PRISON I REALLY FAR OUT.

THEY ARE FAR OUT LIKE FOR HOURS AWAY.

THERE IN SMALL TOWNS.

>> HE IS AN AMBASSADOR FOR PROMISED NEIGHBORHOODS.

AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED BUILDING STRONG SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THE SUBSIDIARY OF THE UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY.>> LASSITER HE HAS BEEN INCARCERATED S MANY TIMES.

THAT HE CANNOT REMEMBER TH EXACT NUMBER.

BUT A NUMBER THAT HE DOES REMEMBER.

HOW MANY TIMES HIS FAMILY ABLE TO COME AND VISIT HIM IT IS A LOT CHEAPER TO BUI FAR AWAY.

AND HAS AN IMPACT AS A LOT FAMILIES CAN'T VISIT THEIR FAMILY.

THE TIME I SPENT IN PRISON I WOULD SAY I PROBABLY GOT VISIT THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

OUT OF LIKE THREE YEAR SPA BECAUSE IT WAS TOO FAR.

AND FAMILIES SINGLE MOMS.

GOT TO PROVIDE AND TAKE CA THE HOUSE.

SO IT IS KIND OF HARD TO R HOUSEHOLD.

AND WATCH KIDS.

AND ALSO TRY TO MAKE IT TO THESE VISITS.

>> CREDIT FOR THE FIRST ST ACT IS OFTEN GIVEN TO JARE KUSHNER.

THE PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW SENIOR ADVISOR.

WHOSE FATHER SERVED TIME I FEDERAL PRISON.

>> THE SINGLE BIGGEST THIN THAT WE WANT TO DO.

IS REALLY DEFINED WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRISON IS.

I THINK THAT THAT IS UNDEF RIGHT NOW IN THIS COUNTRY.

IS THE PURPOSE TO PUNISH.

THE PURPOSE TO WAREHOUSE SERVICE IS.

IS THE PURPOSE TO REHABILI >> THE ISSUES LIE THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO.

THERE ARE DESIGNED TO NOT REHABILITATE AND EDUCATE P AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORKFORCE.

OR FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF T LIVES.

PRISON IS NOT DESIGNED TO FAMILIES TOGETHER.

OR REUNITE FAMILIES.

IT WAS THE FIRST STEP ACT APPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO INCARCERATED IN FEDERAL PRISONS.

BUT CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOC SAY THAT IT IS A STEP IN T RIGHT DIRECTION.

IN PENNSYLVANIA ALONE.

NEARLY 50,000 PEOPLE ARE INCARCERATED IN STATE-RUN PRISONS.

MANY OF WHICH ARE AT OR OV CAPACITY.

>> AND OUR VIEW IS THAT A OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN P TODAY THEY WILL BE GETTING AT SOME POINT.

I THINK IT IS 95+ PERCENT.

>> $95 TO 97 % OF THE PEOP THAT ARE INCARCERATED.

IN THIS COUNTRY WILL BE RETURNING TO OUR COMMUNITY >> AND OFTEN PEOPLE THAT W LEAVE IN PRISON ARE MORE DISADVANTAGED THAN WHEN TH GOT INTO PRISON.

AND IT MAKES THEM MORE LIK TO COMMIT FUTURE OFFENSES.

THEN IT IS FOR THEM TO HAV OPPORTUNITIES AND TO LIVE SECOND CHANCE WEDNESDAY PA THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY.

>> WE ARE AT A PLACE IN TH SOCIETY WHERE PEOPLE ARE T TO THINK ABOUT CARE AND HO SUPPORT PEOPLE FROM HEALIN FROM TRAUMA.

BUT ONE FORM OF, THAT IS OVERLOOKED IS THE TRAUMA O PRISON.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR IS BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERE EARNED, AND OUR SOCIETY.

SO YOU GO TO PRISON.

AND ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES YOU HAD.

ALL OF THE NEGATIVE EXPENS THAT YOU HAD AND CHALLENGE THAT YOU ENCOUNTER.

YOU DESERVE THEM.

IS KIND OF HOW IT IS LOOKE AS A SOCIETY BECAUSE HE VIOLATED SOCIAL NORMS.

ANDY BROKE THE LAW.

>> MICHAEL'S RUNNER WHO WO AS AN ACCOUNTANT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE LEHIG VALLEY.

WAS INCARCERATED AS A YOUN MAN.

HE WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHAN WHEN HIS EMPLOYER TOOK A CHANCE.

HIRING SOMEONE WHO HAD TO THAT BOX ON A JOB APPLICAT ACKNOWLEDGING HE WAS ONCE CONVICTED OF A CRIME.

>> PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

AND NOWADAYS.

IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT MORE P HAVE MADE MISTAKES THAT HA NOT.

IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD.

PEOPLE NEED THE OPPORTUNIT GROW.

>> NO ONE WANTS TO STAY TH SAME.

EVERYDAY WE SHOULD BE CHAN WE SHOULD BE LEARNING SOME BETTER OR TRYING TO GET BETTER.>> WE FEEL LIKE WE A DUTY TO TRY AND HELP THE YOU KNOW.

FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THEMSELVES BETTER.

SO THAT WHEN THEY REENTER SOCIETY.

THEY HAVE A HIGHER PROBABI OF GETTING JOBS.

AND BEING PRODUCTIVE CITIZ THAN THEY DO OF COMMITTING FUTURE CRIMES.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRY TO DO.

AND THERE'S A LOT WHAT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO PRISON YOU ARE BAD PERSON AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE.

I TRY TO TELL PEOPLE ALL T TIME THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE THAT PEOPLE DO WANT TO CHA SOMETIMES YOU NEED HELP AN NEED A MENTOR.

YOU NEED SOMEONE TO SPEAK AS I GOT OLDER.

I REALIZED THAT I WAS JUST BEING I DON'T EVEN KNOW TH RIGHT WORD TO SAY.

I WAS JUST I WAS NOT APPLY MYSELF THE RIGHT WAY.

I WAS JUST GOING WITH WHAT WAS SURROUNDED AROUND.

SO.

I WILL SAY THAT YOU KNOW.

PEOPLE IN PRISON YOU MEET GOOD PEOPLE IN PRISON.

AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE DO CO HOME.

A LOT OF US ARE LABELED AS IS A CRIMINAL.

OR.

YOU CANNOT TRUST THEM.

AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE I CASES.

>> IN ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVAN I AM CHLOE PBS 39 NEWS TON.

>> DURING THESE FRIGID TEMPERATURES.

THE LAST THING MANY PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT OUR LANTERN FLIES.

BUT FOR THOSE AT THE BERKS COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRI THE FIGHT AGAINST THE INVA SPECIES GOES ON YEAR-ROUND >> THE WORK THAT THE PUBLI DOING AS FAR AS SCRAPING T MASSES AND APPLYING TREE B DOING SYSTEMIC PROGRAMS LI ARE WORKING WITH THIS PILO PROGRAM.

ALL I BELIEVE IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE FLYING.

AT LEAST HELPING IT BE RET TO A SMALL AREA.

THEN IT COULD BE.

IT WAS WELL MANY OF THE 13 COUNTY CORRENTI -- QUARANT ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN DU THE WARMER MONTHS.

THERE ARE PREVENTATIVE MEA TO TAKE NOW.

IN THE DEAD OF WINTER.

AS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH COORDINATORS FOR THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT EVAN KARATE.

SUCH AS DESTROYING THE EGG WHICH LOOK LIKE A PATCH OF ON TREES.

BEFORE THEY HATCH.

IN THE SPRING.

>> IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO CH NEAR TREE LINES.

ESPECIALLY TREE LINES CONTAINING TREE OF HEAVEN.

ONE OF THEIR PREFERRED HOS TREES.

IT WAS AND WHILE THE DEPAR OF CONSERVATION SAYS THAT TREE OF HEAVEN IS THE PREF TREE OF THE LANTERN FLIGHT IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT WILL LAY THEIR EGGS.

ANY FLAT SURFACE WILL DO.

THEY SAY THAT THEY GIVE OU THESE CARDS THAT YOU GO UP THE TREE AND YOU JUST KIND SCRATCH OFF THE EGG.>> IT PREFERRED TO TRY TO CAPTUR EGG MASSES WITH SOME TYPE OF CONTAINER TO PUT A SOLUTION OF HAND SANITIZER.

ALCOHOL.

SOMETHING THAT WOULD KILL EGGS FOR SURE.

IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORT OR DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT.

OR HAVE ANY HAND SANITIZER YOU.

YOU COULD DOUBLE BAGUETTE.

AND JUST THROW THEM IN THE GARBAGE.

TRY TO DESTROY THE EGG MAS RATHER THAN JUST SCRAPING FROM THE OBJECT.

IS IDEAL.

>> THEY ARE ALSO ROLLING O PILOT PROGRAM THINGS TO A $150,000 STATE GRANT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.>> RESIDENTS O PROPERTY.

CONTAINING THE TREE OF HEA CAN APPLY FOR OUR ASSISTAN PROGRAM.

BY FILLING OUT AND ASSISTA REQUEST FORM.

>> THE OBJECTIVE IS TO KIL CONTROL TREE OF HEAVEN PLANTS.>> WE WOULD BE KILL THE TREE OF HEAVEN BY THE AND SCORCH METHOD.

IN ORDER TO KILL THEM STAN WE ARE NOT REMOVING THE TR FROM THE PROPERTY.

IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.

WE MAY HAVE TO CUT THEM DO AND TRY TO CHIP THEM.

BUT THAT IS ONLY IF THEY W GET IN THE WAY OF A ROADWA OR NEAR A HOUSE.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINE OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO PERFOR CONTROL BY REDUCING THE TR HEAVEN.

>> BUT THE TREES WHICH ARE AN INVASIVE SPECIES WILL N THE ONLY TARGETS.

>> WE WOULD LEAVE A FEW TR UNTREATED WITH HERBICIDE BASICALLY LEAVING THEM ALI AND APPLY A SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE THAT WE ARE HO THAT THEY WILL FIND WHEN T FEED ON THESE TREES THAT A LEFT ALIVE.

THEY WILL ADJUST PARTS OF AND IT WILL KILL THEM.

THE MAIN REASON WHY WE WAN THIS PROGRAM TO BE EFFECTI TO HELP THOSE COMMODITIES.

ALSO HELP THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHEASTERN PA THAT ARE J IN WITH THESE.

BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU LIKE INSECTS.

YOU KNOW IT IS KIND OF HAR ENJOY YOUR BACKYARD.

WHEN YOU HAVE 10,000 SPOTT LANTERN FLIES CRAWLING ALL YOUR FAVORITE TREES AND FA ONTO YOUR DECK WHILE YOU A TRYING TO ENJOY YOUR BACKY >> THE SPONSORED LANTERN F CONTROL PROGRAM WILL ACCEP APPLICATIONS UNTIL FEBRUAR AND WORK AS EXPECTED TO BE THIS MIDSUMMER.

VISIT PBS 39.ORG FOR A LIN THE APPLICATION.

AND BERKS COUNTY PENNSYLVA I AM BRITNEY SWEENEY.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>> LET ME HELP YOU FEEL BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.

>> THE SIGN OUTSIDE PERFEC BALANCE BEAUTY SAYS MAKING WOMEN FEEL BEAUTIFUL.

KIMBERLY GERHARD OF LEHIGH OPENED THE SHOP THIS WEEK.

IT IS NOT YOUR EVERYDAY BOUTIQUE.

HERE YOU CAN FIND ITEMS JU FOR CANCER PATIENTS.>> I'M GOING TO BE A THREE-YEAR B CANCER SURVIVOR MYSELF.

AND WHEN I STARTED TO GO THROUGH MY TREATMENTS.

THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY L THIS AROUND HERE.

AND IT WASN'T UNTIL NOSTRI WAS INTRODUCED TO BEING FI FOR THESE BRAS AND PROSTHE AND I THOUGHT HEY THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THAT UP HERE.

NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

I DID NOT.

THE DOCTORS DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHAT NOT WANT ANOTHER WOMAN.

TO GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH.

SO.

THIS IS WHY I CREATED THIS BOUTIQUE.

>> WHEN SHE WAS GOING THRO HER TREATMENTS.

SHE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECOVERY GARMENTS THAT WER AVAILABLE.

NOW SHE HOPES TO HELP EDUC AND PROVIDE THOSE THINGS F WOMEN GOING THROUGH WHAT S EXPERIENCED.

>> SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THERAPY.

AND YOUR ARM MAY START AS THIS COMPRESSION BRA WILL ALLEVIATE THE SWELLING.

AND HELP GET RID OF THE FL THAT STARTS TO BUILD UP.

>> AND A LOT OF THESE ITEM USED BY BREAST CANCER PATI LIKE BREAST FORMS.

AND VASECTOMY BRAS.

ARE COVERED BY INSURANCE PROVIDERS.>> INSURANCE WIL COVER ANYWHERE BETWEEN 6 T BRAS A YEAR.

WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.

NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR A BR AGAIN.

ALSO.

WE HAVE THE FORMS.

FOR VASECTOMY PATIENTS.

SO IF YOU'RE A VASECTOMY PATIENT.

YOU DO GET TO FORMS.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE A FO EVEN IF YOU HAD A LUMP AND ARE NOT QUITE EVEN OR ANYT BUT WE CAN ALSO HELP YOU W THAT.

WHICH ENSURES THE PAIN.

>> BUT THE BOUTIQUE IS NOT FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS >> THEY FEEL REAL.

THEY LOOK REAL.>> BEAUTIFU LEGS AND TURBANS CAN BE PURCHASED HERE.

AS WELL AS SKINCARE PRODUC A LOT OF THE MEDICAL EQUIP PLACES.

IN ALLENDALE.

THEY DO HAVE FORMS AND BRA STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT IT IS VERY STERILE.

NOT POSSIBLE.

OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT >> HE SAID THAT HER GOAL I JUST A ONLY PROVIDE USEFUL PRODUCTS FOR WOMEN.

BUT TO SUPPORT THEM.

>> I WANT YOU TO FEEL WELC I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YO AT HOME.

AND WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE.

I WANT YOU TO FEEL BEAUTIF AND YOU FEEL WHOLE AGAIN.

BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTA WAS FOR ME.

AND GOING THROUGH THIS.

I JUST WANT YOU TO ALSO KN YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

AND THAT THERE ARE MANY PE OUT THERE WHO ARE GOING TH THE SAME THING THAT YOU AR >> I THINK THIS WILL HELP OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID.

YOU CAN JUST BE OUT AT WAL YOU CAN JUST BE STANDING T AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE CONVERSATION WILL COME UP SOMEBODY WAS JUST DIAGNOSE OR YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO H HAD IT FOR A WHILE.

AND I JUST THINK IT IS GOI BE VERY GOOD FOR THIS AREA AND I THINK THERE IS ACTUA LOT OF WOMEN IN THIS AREA IT WILL BENEFIT.

THERE IS MORE HERE THAN WE KNOW.

>> THE BOUTIQUE IS OPEN FR TO 5 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT 170 S. THIRD STREET.

GEARHART SAYS THAT IT IS R FOR CUSTOMERS WHO WANTS TO CUT BEAUTIFUL.

>> I DO NOT EVEN LOOK AT I A MARKET.

IT JUST LOOKS LIKE I AM AT HERE.

AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR T NEXT PERSON TO COME IN FOR TO HELP THEM.

>> AND LEHIGH IN PENNSYLVA I AM HALEY O'BRIEN.

PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.>> THI WEEK IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES.

THE LEVI VALLEY HEALTH NET AND AMBULANCE CORPS UNVEIL MOBILE STROKE UNIT.

IT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIN IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVAN THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY.

AS COMPARED TO A REGULAR AMBULANCE.

THIS PARTICULAR AMBULANCE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DIA A STROKE WHEN THEY ENTER T PATIENT'S DRIVEWAY.

SO AS SOON AS WE PICK UP A PATIENT.

WE CAN GET THEM INTO THE AMBULANCE.

DIAGNOSED THEIR STROKES, CONSULT WITH OUR EXPERT NEUROLOGIST.

AND BEGIN TO TREAT THAT ST IMMEDIATELY.

>> HEALTH NETWORK OFFICIAL THAT THE MOBILE STROKE UNI IMPROVE THE TIMES FOR STRO VICTIMS TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE.

BUT AFTER 30 MINUTES.

THAT IS A CRUCIAL AMOUNT O TIME FOR PEOPLE WHO SUFFER STROKE.

EVERY SECOND COUNTS AND A STROKE.

BECAUSE AS EXPERTS SAY.

TIME IS BRIEF.

>> RECOGNIZING A STROKE IS IMPORTANT.

BRAIN CELLS ARE DYING EVER SECOND.

AND EVERY MINUTE.

AND RECOGNIZING A STROKE A GETTING PEOPLE TO THE APPROPRIATE CENTER FOR TREATMENT.

IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> THE STROKE UNIT HAS THE EQUIPMENT AS ANY OTHER AMBIENCE.

MEANING THAT IT CAN HANDLE TYPES OF EMERGENCY.

BUT ALSO HAS SPECIAL EQUIP SO THE RESPONDERS CAN TREA STROKE VICTIMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE STROKE OCCURS WHEN BLO FLOW TO THE BRAIN IS DISRU BY A CLOT OR BLOOD VESSEL.

THAT VERSE.

THIS AMBULANCE WILL CARRY MEDICATIONS THAT CAN BE ADMINISTERED ON THE WAY TO STROKE CENTER.>> THE NEW M STROKE UNIT IS EQUIPPED WI CAT SCAN MACHINE.

AND TELECONFERENCING EQUIP TO GIVE CRUISE ON THE STRE THE COMMUNICATION.

WITH SPECIALISTS AT THE LE VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK.

>> THE QUICKER A PATIENT G TREATMENT THE BETTER THEY >> LITERALLY MINUTES MATTE AND UNFORTUNATELY TYPICALL OUR COUNTRY.

SOMEONE CALLS 911.

THEY GOTTA WAIT FOR THE AMBULANCE.

AND THEY HAVE A LONG RIDE THE HOSPITAL.

AND SOMETIMES THE HOSPITAL GET TO CANNOT PROVIDE THE THAT THEY NEED.

THEY -- AND THEN THEY NEED BE TRANSPARENT.

DELAYING CARE BY MINUTES SOMETIMES HOURS.

THAT IS A WORSE OUTCOME FO PATIENT.

THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM.

>> LEVI VALLEY HEALTH NETW WAS THE FIRST IN PENNSYLVA AND IT GETS MORE THAN 15,0 STROKE PATIENTS A YEAR.

OFFICIALS AT THE UNVEILING WOULD NOT ELABORATE ON THE FINAL COST FOR THE MOBILE STROKE UNIT WHICH WILL BE AT THE AMBULANCE HEADQUART IT WILL BE DEPLOYED BASED SYMPTOMS RELATED TO DISPAT DURING A 911 CALL.

>> THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE F CREWMEMBERS.

THERE WILL BE A PARAMEDIC.

WITH ADVANCED TRAINING IN STROKE CARE.

AS WELL AS THE CAT SCAN TECHNICIAN.

TO PERFORM IMAGING.

AND THE LAST COMPONENT AND REALLY WHAT THE HALLMARK I IS IT WILL HAVE AN ADVANCE PRACTICE CLINICIAN.

THAT IS CERTIFIED IN PENNSYLVANIA'S PREHOSPITAL REGISTERED NURSE.

BUT HAS ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN SPECIFIC NEUROLOGY.

TO ASSESS AND BEGIN TREATM OF THESE PATIENTS.

AND SO WHEN YOU COMBINE TH COSTS.

THE OPERATING COST AND THE DOLLARS ARE OBVIOUSLY MUCH HIGHER THAN ANOTHER AMBULA BUT IT IS THROUGH THAT COMMITMENT.

TO SAYING HOW DO ADVANCE S CARE.

THAT IS THE COMMITMENT BEH IT.

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

AND WE WANT TO GET IT RIGH THE LEVI VALLEY HEALTH NET AND AMULET SCORES NEW MOBI STROKE UNIT.

IS EXCITED TO HIT THE STRE IN APRIL.

FROM ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANI I AM PAID IN MITTEN.

PBS NEWS TONIGHT.

>> THAT IS A RECAP OF OUR PROGRAMS FROM THE LAST WEE I AM MEGAN FRANK.

ON BEHALF OF MY REPORTER C CALLINGS.

AND ALL OF US HERE AT PBS THANKS FOR WATCHING.

AND CATCHING UP.

WITH PBS 39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A PBS 39 REPORTER CORPS PRODUCTION.

PLOTTED PRODUCE IN BETHLEH PENNSYLVANIA.