___ RT | je May 21, 2006 C ; » y ; ; i Y Sr All spruced up for opening day y INGSTON TWP. - The oe Lands at Hillside Farms, a nonprofit group aim- ing to create a tourist destina- tion and education center in the Back Mountain, continues to prepare its sprawling prop- erty for next weekend's grand opening celebration. Area residents are invited to visit the landmark farm on Hillside Road to take horse- and-wagon rides, watch craft demonstrations such as black- smithing and do-si-do during a Saturday night square dance. Activities are planned throughout the holiday week- end. Special parking arrange- ments will be provided to ac- commodate Saturday after- noon's expected turnout. The group announced last year that it entered a lease- purchase agreement with the Conyngham family, which had owned the 400-acre tract for more than a century. Promo- ters outlined long-term plans to create a living farm mu- seum, complete with a dairy herd and other barnyard ani- mals. The property also will be used as a teaching site to impart lessons on organic growing and other earthy topics, they said. Already, organizers have held a handful of events such as nature walks, gardening workshops and musical per- formances. Meanwhile, farm employees and community volunteers pitched in this L. i . spring to prepare barns for a. 800 a i Edda — new livestock, beautify the grounds and overhaul green- houses. Proceeds from the farm's existing dairy store benefit the organization's ongoing mis- sion, promoters said. Ultimate- ly, organizers want to convert a former summer cottage into a bed-and-breakfast facility that also would help to sustain the project. Anyone interested in volun- teering at the farm, or in con- tributing money or supplies, is asked to call the dairy store at 696-4500. More information is available at the Web site ww.TheLandsatHillsideFarm- ) Lenny Markoch helps with chores around the stables at Hillside Farms in Shavertown by brushing a donkey, Gretchen. Art Spencer, 16, of Jackson Township rolls an old rusty >°'9: barrel along the ground to a trash pile during the clean up. FARM FESTIVITIES ; Friday, 7-9 p.m. Folk musician Jay Smar. 6-8 p.m. Music by Joe Tellie. Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Activities such as nature tours, wagon rides and historical exhibits. Craft demonstrations by a cooper (barrel Sunday, noon-2 p.m. 8-11 p.m. Family square dance. 2 Aoi rs + 2 maker), blacksmith and wool spinner. Music by Jim Kimball and Dick Bolt. 4 y SS a Children’s games, product sales and food Area artist Sue Hand to create oil painting for Staff member Andy Loughney rakes leaves into a pile during a clean up at Hillside Farms in Shavertown. (including pasture-raised chicken dinners future auction. A Staff members and community volunteers were hard at work sprucing up the property before the May 27 and Hillside Farms ice cream). grand opening of The Lands at Hillside Farms. TIMES LEADER STAFF PHOTOS/PETE G. WILCOX Students find creative way to show their suppo SUBMITTED PHOTOS Presenting second-place winner Anthony Samek with Vasins,. Hot Soff Ctl Gor an award at Dallas Middle School, from left, are as- is AS shauld Cooly sistant principal Tom Duffy, Gina Pocceschi Boyle, £cd , Anthony Samek, Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley, teacher Th» Rebecca Matus and principal Anthony Martinelli. Students at Dallas Middle School and Ross Elemen- tary School recently participated in the second annual Rodney F. Pocceschi Support Our Law Enforcement cul- , tural arts contest. The students were asked to come up Ross Elementary School student Korey Fegely's drawing earned third place. be fulic dorbe WI with a fiction or nonfiction ways to help law enforce- iahiing daily Crime Es ment. x : The contest was held in conjunction with National Po- le lice Week and students from the Wyoming Valley partici- pated. Dallas Middle School student Anthony Samek took second place, while Korey Fegely of Ross Elemen- tary School was the third-place winner. Both students drew pictures for the contest. One of the event organizers A bead Presenting third-place winner Korey Fegely with an award at Ross Elementary School, from left, are principal Donald James, teacher Melissa Sorber, Jennifer ¥ 3 3 Bl sol y a. "The : : a was Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley of Fallen Officers Remem- Fegely, Nicholas Penely, | ; oid nein ny < CL he sik anid 4 " ’ . Kore Fe el : Jac " { creative drawing of Anthony Samek of Dallas Middle bered. Mosley’s brother, Rodney F. Pocceschi, was killed b y vi WE LA ] School won a second-place award. in the line of duty June 23, 2003. The Pittston native was occeschi Y: i a member of the Virginia Beach Police Department. Pocceschi Boyle. i :
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