Play
And
Learn
Two unique local
programs for youngsters,
one offering indoor and the
other - outdoor activity,
combine fun with learning
experiences.
The Children’s Museum,
Forty Fort, offers hands-on
exhibits and special
sessions featuring
fascinating subjects like
Whittling and = Wood-
carving, Sculptures from
Foil-Wire, Paper Hats and
Bug vs Insect. Summer
hours are 1-4 p.m. on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays with special
hours for certain
Activities
For Children
programs.
Susquehanna Riverla-
nds, a 1200 acre project of
PP&L located near Ber-
wick, offers nature study
and recreational programs
by a resident naturalist.
Special programs for the
summer include: Pond
Life, ' Indian Artifact
Exhibit, Wildlife Puppets
and Weeds or Wildflowers.
Dates and times are listed
in the events section of this
tabloid or call 542-2306.
The Osterhout Library,
Professional
Dinner
Theatre
Summer is the ideal time
to enjoy the air conditioned
comfort of Genetti Dinner
Theatre. Located at. the
Best Western Genetti
Motor Lodge, Route 309,
Hazleton, it is the region’s
only professional year-
round dinner theatre.
Summer schedules in-
cludes “Ten Little
Indians,” July 6-23; ‘‘The
Sunshine Boys,” July 27-
August 13 and ‘‘Annie,”
August 7-September 3.
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Wilkes-Barre offers a
variety of special
programs to interest
children. Museums, such
as the Wyoming Historical
and Geological Society,
Wilkes-Barre, the Swetland
Homestead, Wyoming or
Anthracite Museum
Complex sites at Eckley,
offers fascinating exhibits.
that can be enjoyed by
youngsters.
Municipal parks and
recreation programs
provide activities for
children. State parks offer
various facilities,
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The historic Denison
open to visitors in late July
in conjunction with the
move of offices to the site
by the Luzerne County
Tourist Promotion Agency.
While details of a formal
agreement are being
worked out, a management
agreement with the Tourist
Agency has been approved
in principal by the Penn-
sylvania Historical and
Museum Commission,
administrators of the
property. Terms of the
agreement will provide
Sweet & Sour Pork _
Pepper Steak
Lemon Chicken
& ourfamous
Home-Made Egg Roll
825-0977
824-1136
675-0555
ROUTE 309
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Professionally staged by
PRATHER PRODUCTIONS
furnishings of the period
1790-1820 from the Com-
mission collection. The
Tourist Agency will occupy
the service building ad-
jacent to the house and will
offer tours on a daily basis.
Weekend tours will be
conducted by the volunteer
group that formerly
managed the site as the
Friends of the Denison
House Inc.
The Denison House, built
by Nathan Denison in 1790,
is the oldest structure in
the = Wyoming Valley.
Constructed around a
Shrine is
Largest
Sacred Heart Shrine,
located on Route 940,
Harleigh, near Hazleton is
the largest outdoor shrine
dedicated to the Sacred
Heart in North America.
the Shrine’s main
plaza contains five
plateaus, each with a
multi-colored fountain.
Focal point is a statue of
the Sacred Heart, sculpted
of Carrara marble.
cline,
CHAMPIONSHIF
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huge central chimney, the
house is unusual to Penn- -
sylvania, reflecting an
architectural style -
prevalent in Connecticut
and New England.
first 40 permanent settlers
from Connecticut in the
Wyoming Valley. It was for -
this group that the Borough
of Forty Fort was named.
Denison served in the local
militia achieving the rank
of Colonel. He negotiated
the surrender treaty
following the ill-fated
battle of Wyoming during
the Revolutionary War.
Forty Fort and Wyoming
are known as the most
historic communities in the
Wyoming Valley with’
numerous sites that reflect
the region’s colonial
heritage. Tourist Agency
plans include development
of expanded tours that will
include the Swetland
‘Homestead, Children’s
Museum, Wyoming
Monument, Forty Fort
Meeting House and other
nearby places of interest.
Join a Hunt
For Treasure
more will be the object of a
search at Moon Lake Park
Treasure Hunters Club.
Would be treasure
Saturday, August 6 for an
‘International
Hunt.” For an entrance fee
July 6), participants can
hunt for buried treasure in
can be exchanged for
prizes ranging from silver
dollars (current value
about $18) to equipment for
the next hunt.
Basic equipment for the
hunt is a metal detector
which is used to locate the
keepers affair with two
one-hour sessions, the first
starting at 10:45 a.m. and
the second at 2 p.m. Time
films, how-to sessions and
equipment
demonstrations.
obtained from Hunt
Chairman George Walko at
287-3602.