It may sound like a dichotomy
that a premiere (first performance)
can also signal the end, but, that is
more or less the case on Sunday,
Jan. 27, when the newly-formed
Wyoming Valley Concert Band
under the direction of Reese Pelton
makes their radio debut in North-
eastern Pennsylvania via a one hour
“Concert Under the Stars’ program
broadcast on WYZZ Radio, Wilkes-
Barre. (The Wyoming Valley Con-
cert Band is a community band
comprised of musicians from the
Greater Wyoming Valley area.)
For the past 25 years, Radio
Station WYZZ has been one of the
cultural leaders for our area often
devoting airtime for the presenta-
tion of Icoally produced concerts.
These special programs, aired over
the years on Sundays on WYZZ,
featured seasoned professional
musicians from our area and quite
often young aspiring high school
and college performers.
So it is that with the imminent
sale of WYZZ to new owners that
this 25th year tradition gradually
draws to a close with Sunday’s
premiere broadcast of Wyoming
Valley Concert Band ‘‘Concert
Under the Stars’’ program.
According to Bobby “Z” Zam-
petti, program producer for
Sunday’s broadcast, ‘For many
years, long before I became asso-
ciated with WYZZ, Dick Evans Sr.
and his family, owners of the Scran-
ton-Wilkes-Barre Fine Music Broad-
casting Company, Inc. (WYZZ)
have taken pride in providing our
area with a broadcast facility that
would call attention to the many
talented artists who provide us with
such a rich cultural setting here in
Northeastern Pennsylvania.”
The Wyoming Valley Concert
Band Program, recorded live at the
Irem Temple Country Club in
Dallas, features a variety of music
ranging from Broadway musical
highlights to a rousing Sousa
March.
Highlighting the premiere will be
the performance of ‘Carnival Vari-
ations” featuring a trumpet trio
composed of young musicians,
Joseph Satkowski, Daniel Klaproth
and Mark Steinkirchner.
Reese Pelton, conductor, stated,
“One of the main objectives of our
band program is to periodically
spotlight young student musicians
with the band. Our area’s high
schools are filled with exceptionally
talented musicians who as young-
sters are more than capable of
performing with our seasoned musi-
cians. By spotlighting these boys as
soloists with the band, we are not
only giving them a great perform-
ance opportunity, but, we are giving
the audience an added treat too. At
our Irem concert, the audience just
loved those three boys!”
The Wyoming Valley Concert
Band Premiere will be at 5 p.m. this
Sunday on WYZZ at 93 on the FM
Dial. It is being presented through a
public service grant from Leo’s
Ziebart Rustproofing shops in Swoy-
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years in the rustproofing business.
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Wyoming Seminary had to turn
back and wait at the shopping
center until the highway was
plowed.
“The plows did not get out early
enough on that highway,” said Dr.
Preston. ‘That caused a major
traffic jam until the plows could get
through to plow and cinder.”
He explained that sometimes
municipal authorities, the bus con-
tractor and the custodial staff
coming in on the early shift reports
on the condition of the roads. For-
tunately, said Preston, all of the
students arrived safely.
As far as dismissal is concerned,
the only time the Lake-Lehman
District dismisses early is to beat a
predicted storm.
If the bus contractor’s drivers
coming in to work say road condi-
tions are bad, Preston said he
usually goes by their judgment. If
they can’t come to a conclusive
decision they then delay one to two
hours to buy more time, but too
many school closings bring prob-
lems at the end of the school term.
The most frightening, according
to Preston, are the ice storms
rather than the snow.
All the parents are alerted at the
beginning of the school year that
announcements regarding delayed
starts or closings will be on the air.
“It’s a difficult decision to make
because of the time element,” said
Dr. Preston. “If we have a delayed
start or cancellation, we must notify
West Side Tech and our other
schools where we bus students.
Marchakitus calls some and I call
some of the stations to make certain
it gets on the air: throughout the
area. These calls must be made by
6 a.m. or we can’t get through. Mr.
Marchakitus and I usually make the
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final decision.
Dallas Superintendent Gerald
Wyecallis gave a similar reason why
Dallas did not delay the start of
classes or cancel.
“We had to make a decision-by 6
a.m. to get it on the air and we also
have to notify our bus contractor
Leon Emmanuel early because the
first bus run starts at 7 a.m.
“I discuss the road conditions
with Emmanuel and, between us,
we usually come to a decision,”
Wyecallis said. ‘We had no problems
on Thursday with the exception of
Route 309.”
Wycallis said no plowing had been
done on that highway and the only
schools affected were West Side
Tech and some of the elementary
students. An hour and a half delay
would have affected all of the
schools and would not have been
necessary. As the day went on, the
road conditions improved, so by the
time classes were dismissed travel-
ing was good.
Like Lake-Lehman, buses travel-
ing to West Side Tech, Bishop
O’Reilly and Wyoming Seminary
got caught on Route 309, but they
turned and stayed at the shopping
center until plowing and cindering
was done. By 9:30 a.m., according
to Wyecallis, all of the students were
in class.
Wyecallis said that after hearing
an early forecast, he makes a deci-
sion, then has to live with that
decision. When the forecast is
‘iffy’, an hour and a half delay
gives additional time to decide
whether or not cancellation is neces-
sary, but Thursday’s early forecast
did not predict a heavy snow.
A number of concerned parents
called Wycallis but he said after an
explanation, they appeared to be
satisfied.
Wyecallis explained that school
from WARM to those in the Wyo-
ming Valley area and all of the
television stations. He contacts the
principals of each school, who in
turn contact those on their list.
“We don’t just delay classes or
cancel arbitrarily,” said Wyecallis.
“It creates too many problems and,
quite often, too many days to make
up.”
Both Wpycallis and Dr. Preston
noted that at various conferences
and seminars they have learned
that school bus transportation
nationwide is the safest mode of
transportation. :
Parents may be assured that
school officials give first priority to
the safety of the students.
Kiwanis
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currently underway to institute such
a club at that Wilkes-Barre Catholic
school.
Pelton also explained that
Kiwanis has an international foun-
dation whereas members are given
an oppportuntiy to make an annual
birthday contribution to an interna-
tional fund. The monies raised
through this fund are used to assist
needy people in the Phillipine
Islands as well as to fund national
research for the hearing-impaired
and other such projects.
Kiwanis Clubs across the country
are currently sponsoring a drive for
funds to aid the famine-stricken
African people. The local Kiwanis
Clubs recently made a donation to
the American Red Cross to aid
these people while funds are still
coming in.
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has a ‘“‘major emphasis program’
whereby it helps ‘uplift underprivi-
statewide Kiwanis Clubs are’ now
official sponsors of the Special
Olympics.
Looking forward to the Interna-
tional Kiwanis Convention set for
June of this year in Toronto and the
District Kiwanis Convention in
August in Hershey, Pelton carries
the “EMTD”’ slogan with him wher-
ever he goes. And his enthusiasm
for Kiwanis and its programs has a
way of rubbing off on those around
him also.
Happy anniversary to such a
worthwhile organization. Here’s
hopes of having 70 more years’ of
Kiwanis International.
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the gamblers?”’, “Why is Atlantic
City the second poorist city in New
Jersey?’’, he said.
All of the panelists agreed it
would be difficult to give priority to
certain programs for the revenue
derived from casino gambling but
all did agree that if it were legal-
ized, casino gambling revenues
should be used for senior citizens,
education, drug and alcohol prob-
lems and law enforcement.
The panelists also agreed that the
final decision whether or not there
will be legalized casino gambling or
any other gambling will rest with
the legislators and not with local
voters.
Legalized casino gambling — Yes
or No? There are as many argu-
ments pro and con as there are
taxpayers in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, that is certain.
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