Author: John Zaktansky

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Must-watch video illustrates importance of patience, helping others

January 7, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments abuse, adoption, documentary, featured, foster care, helping others, removed

Adopting a child is very much like a roller coaster ride. The highs can be exceptionally high and the lows

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Food 

Kiss the Cook: Be the star of your party with these berry-based meatballs

December 18, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments cranberry, holiday, kiss the cook, meatball, party, snack, troy bowersox

This time of the year can be filled with holiday parties with family, friends and at work. It’s a fun

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outdoors parenting 

Hunting heritage: Milestone moments bridge gap between generations

December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 John Zaktansky 1 Comment family, featured, first deer, first hunt, grandfather, heritage, hunting, in the woods, tradition, wildlife

Just a few minutes into her first hunting experience, Paige shook uncontrollably in a combination of fear mixed with a

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outdoors 

Skunk spray essay: Trappers tap into region’s ‘liquid gold’

November 17, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments essence, featured, lures, perfume, skunk, skunk quill, spray, trapping, wildlife

At $30 an ounce, there is gold in the Susquehanna Valley outdoors — liquid gold. It isn’t the kind you’ll

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outdoors 

More women drawn to tradition of hunting with family

November 16, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments education, family, featured, females, hunting, pennsylvania game commission, stereotypes, stories, women

When she was a little girl, Connie Mertz, of rural Danville, enjoyed the numerous hunting stories her father shared after

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outdoors 

Predators become the prey: Tips for tracking down coyotes

November 7, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments coyote, ecosystem, featured, hunting, predator, rifle, shotgun, tips, varment, wildlife

The silence was broken with the rustling of dry leaves that covered the ground in a multilayered quilt of yellow,

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christian walk Daily living 

Suicide prevention: Lighting the way for those drowning in darkness

October 15, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments contact others, depression, featured, helping others, making a connection, pain, pay it forward, prevention, reaching out, suicide, sunrise, worthlessness

Two years ago, I received a phone call that would change everything — that gutted me in so many ways

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christian walk Daily living 

Three steps for facing life’s most challenging situations

October 15, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments devotional, driveway, featured, god, guidance, helping each other out, inspiration, snow-covered, snowdrift, trials, tribulations

It was the perfect property for an outdoors-lover like myself. There were nearly three acres of woodland brimming with wildlife.

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outdoors 

What every hunter needs to know about the avian bird flu

October 9, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments avian bird flu, bird, dove, featured, field dress, game commission, geese, hunting, infection, pennsylvania, pheasant, precautions, quail, small-game, virus

While Pennsylvania has not yet been impacted by the high path avian influenza, state officials continue emphasizing the need for

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outdoors 

What Yellowstone wolves teach us about nature’s balance

October 8, 2015 John Zaktansky 0 Comments balance, beavers, birds, ecosystem, featured, habitat, park, predator, prey, species, trophic cascade, wildlife, Wolves, yellowstone

Back in 1995, many people struggled to comprehend what scientists at Yellowstone National Park were up to. After 70 years

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