PAGE4 THE POST COMMUNITY Sunday, April 30, 2006 BACK MOUNTAIN DANCERS TO PERFORM IN BALLET CIVIC BRIEFS Bike safety event May 6 at Legion The Dallas American Legion The Joan Harris Dancers will present the ballet La Fille mal Gardee at1p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7 at the Meyers High School auditorium in Wilkes-Barre. There will also be a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Dallas resident and choreographer Elisabeth Harris maintained the classic repertoire of the major roles but - with the aid of the studio's 10 other ballet instructors - choreographed scenes to ailow for the 550 ballet students of the school to participate in the performance. This is the 23rd year the regional performing arts school has produced its annual spring ballet. Tickets are $1lin advance and may be purchased at the Joan Harris Centre campus in the Twin Stacks Complex in Dallas or at the campus at the West Side Mall in Edwardsville. For more information, call 674-3699 or visit the Web site www.joanharrisdancers.com. Several of the Back Mountain dancers who will perform in the ballet, from left, first row are Lee Riccetti, Shaver- town; Kristen Justice, Dallas; and Caprice Sola, Jackson Township. Second row: Chelsea Fufaro, Dallas; Becky Phillips, Dallas; and Denise Nerozzi, Dallas. Third row: Gabrielle Evans, Harveys Lake; and Katelyn Reinert, Trucksville. Auxiliary will host a bicycle safety event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 6 at the Post Home on Route 415. A representative from Sick- ler’s Bike will be available to check bikes and provide safety handouts. There is no admis- sion charge and refreshments will be provided. Market on the Pond has vendor spaces Vendor spaces for the highly- popular “Market on the Pond” at The Meadows Nursing Cen- ter are available. The annual event — which benefits the from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 17 at the center, 55 West center can accommodate 108 - vendors. Vendor spaces are $20 and may be reserved by calling 675-8600, ext. 195. The rain date is June 24. Conservation Coalition sets Day of Prayer event The Conservation Coalition will hold a National Day of Prayer scripture reading and prayer at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4 at pavilion No. 2 at Moon Lake State Park. Each member of the Conservation Coalition give a brief summary of their respective missions. Members of the Conserva- man’s Creek Watershed, Ducks Unlimited, Mehoopany Wa- tershed, North Branch Land Trust, PA Deer Federation, Quality Deer Management KUZMA TO PLAY WICKED WITCH IN OZ! The musical Oz! will be presented by the NE Players on May 6 and 8-9 at College Misericordia. The perform- ance times are 7 p.m. Satur- day, May 6; 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, May 8; and 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 9. The box office opens one hour before the evening per- formances and 30 minutes prior to the daytime shows. The musical is based closely on the L. Frank Baum book “The Wizard of OZ." The cast of more than 40 chil- dren includes many from the Back Mountain. In the photo at right, Trucksville resident Alexis Kuzma, left, will play the Wicked Witch and Lauren Timek of West Pittston will play Dorothy. Tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for teenagers, and $5 each for school groups of 20 or more students. 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Tree-planting to honor Cleary The Dallas Postmaster Kris- ten Tucker and several local a.m. Thursday, May 11in front of the Dallas Post Office. ry, a Dallas High School gradu- ate who was killed in action while serving in Iraq. The pub- lic is invited to attend the cere- mony. Alzheimer’s group sets monthly meeting The Dallas Alzheimer’s Sup- port Group will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 4 at the Mead- ows Nursing Center in Dallas. The facility is located at 55 W. Center Hill Road. The public is invited. Public invited to attend breakfast An old-fashioned breakfast will be held from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday May 13 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Route 118 in Dallas Township. The event is being sponsored by Oneida Lodge 371 of the Independent Order of Odd City Highway MPG MPG 20 27 Email: gtwford@epix.net center’s residents — will be held Center Hill Road in Dallas. The tion Coalition include the Bow- officials will dedicate a tree at 9 The ceremony will be held in honor of First Lt. Michael Clea- and art films. The cost is $5 for matinees Fellows. and $6 for evenings. For a list Tickets are $5 and will be of films, visit the Web site available at the door or by www.dietrichtheater.com. calling 675-1006. The public is invited and the building is Flea market handicapped accessible. set for May 13 : The Bloomingdale Grange Mountain Grange will hold a flea market from 8 plans flea market a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13 The Mountain Grange No. at the grange on Grange Hall 567 will hold a flea market Road in Shickshinny. Refresh- from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, ments will be available. May 13 at the grange on West ~~ Table rental is available for Eighth Street in Carverton. $5. To reserve a table or for Lunch and snacks will be sold more information, call 256- from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Driving 7610. directions from Trucksville: : 5 follow Carverton Road to the Classical music stop sign at the end. Turn left ~~ featured at concert onto West Eighth Street and The Wyoming County Cho- follow it to Bodle Road. The *rale will present its spring grange is located across from concert “The Sons of Vienna” Bodle Road. at 7:30 p.m. Saturday May 6 at Driving directions from the Tunkhannock Middle Tunkhannock: take Route 29 School. and turn left onto Route 292. Songs by Brahms, Beetho- Go through Center Moreland ven, Bruckner, Haydn, Schub to Village Road in Franklin ert and Mozart will be perform- Township. Go through Orange, ed. Special guests Stephanie where Village Road becomes . Mann-Johnson, a New York West Eighth Street. Continue soprano with several opera on West Eighth Street to Bodle companies, and Sophie Till a Road. The grange is located on renowned violinist, will per- the right. form during the concert. Tickets will be available at Vendors needed the door. For ticket prices, call for Noxen craft show 836-2982. Vendor spaces are available for the Noxen Volunteer Fire Co.’s craft show, which will be held in conjunction with the Women's camp ° being held in July Camp St. Andrew in Tunk- annual Rattlesnake Roundup hannock will host its second on June 15-18. annual Women’s Getaway Spaces are available inside Weekend from July 7-9 at the and outside of the tent. Spaces camp on Stark Road. The pro- are $30 each. To reserve a gram begins Friday evening space, call the fire company at and concludes Sunday after 208-2061, call Sandra at 639 lunch. 2504 or fax the request to 298- Activities include seated 2403. massages, yoga, a campfire, There will also be repre- kayaking, swimming, quiet sentatives at the fire hall from time, wine tasting, nature 7-8:30 p.m. Monday nights. walks, archery, a climbing tow-; er, a rope course and a stress management workshop. The cost is $150, which in- cludes all activities, housing will hold a nature camp at 10 and meals. For a brochure, call a.m. Saturday, June 3 at pavil- 226-4606 or e-mail ion No. 1. The registrations will jpkel@ccswb. org. be accepted on a first-come, Registration forms may also first-served basis. There is a be found on the Internet at $20 per child non-refundable www.dioceaseofscranton.org. registration fee. For more in- Nature camp at Frances Slocum Frances Slocum State Park formation, call environmental Families needed . education specialist Kathy for Fresh Air kids Kelchner at 696-9105. The Fresh Air Fund's Lu- zerne/ Wyoming committee has begun its annual campaign to find local families who are interested in helping provide Civil War group visiting War College The Wyoming Valley Civil ‘War Round Table is sponsoring free summer vacations to NewS a bus trip to the U.S. Army War York City children. College in Carlisle on June 10. Since 1877, the Fresh Air The cost of the trip is $20. 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