Sunday, September 9, 2007 cCly 1 C THE POST PAGE 5 “Apples and Orchards” will be e theme of a special art exhibit at Hand's Imagery held over the Harvest Festival weekend. Sue Hand of Dallas, Laura Adams of Wilkes-Barre and Jack Field of Noxen will exhibit art- works centered around apples and the orchards where they grew. The exhibit will be available for preview at Sue Hand's art studio on Main Street, Dallas, from 9 a.m. to4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.15. A Meet-the- Artistsreception willbe held from 1 to 4 p.m. the same day. The exhibit concludes during the Dallas Har- vest Festival on Sunday, Sept.16. As a professional artist for over 40years,Sue Hand knows the value and challenge of creating artworks in a series and loves to create art- works for a series. Her now famous Millennium Collection had 366 drawings and paintings to cele- brate the year 2000. Her ongoing 1200 piece collection, “The Light & The Land” features the 11 counties of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The 300-piece Anthracite Collection onors the anthracite miners of rtheastern Pennsylvania and er new series will showcase the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. This series, “Apples and Or- chards” features approximately 50 watercolors and oil paintings of the orchards and apples of Grassy Ridge Orchards in Noxen. Several pieces were also created at Brace’s ~Orchards in Orange and: Heller's Orchards in Wapwallopen. SUBMITTED PHOTO Sue Hand of Dallas, Laura Adams of Wilkes-Barre and Jack Field of Noxen will exhibit artworks centered around apples and the orchards where they grew. From left, Laura Adams, Sue Hand and Jack Field. Apples on exhibit at festival Laura Adams has a degree in com- munications design from Kutztown University and is known for her hand-made papers, book design and botanical illustrations. She teaches her skills at Sue Hand's Imagery. Her exhibit pieces showcase the decora- tive and illustrative art styles. Jack Field's family has been in- volved with Grassy Ridge Or- chards, Noxen, since his great- grandfather started the orchard in 1892. The orchard boasts a Rhode Island Greening tree and several Northern Spy trees that are well over 100yearsold. Jack’sson, Mark, a fourth generation family member to be associated with Grassy Ridge Orchard, now manages the or- chards and is the owner of Grassy Ridge Farms. Asalandscape and nature photog- rapher, Jack has captured images of the nearly twenty different varieties the orchard grows as well as scenery of and from around the farm. Students of Sue Hand, both school-age and adults, who have completed artworks featuring ap- ples completed in watercolor, pen- cil, and colored pencil will join them. They are Kristin Smith, Ber- wick, Brielle Brace, Dallas, Gloria Pupa, Pittston; Bonnie Quinney, Drums; Ann Searfoss, Carverton; Jennie Bowen, Montrose; Mat- thew Blom, Wilkes-Barre; Grace Schaub, Dallas; Lora Womer, Hun- lock Creek; Ryan Frania, Shaver- town; Atsuko McHale, Falls; Ellen - Matza; Shavertown; and Chad Dy-- mond, Tunkhannock. Student art auctioned for three local charities Visitors to this year’s Dallas Har- vest Festival will have a unique op- portunity to benefit three local charities, Three of Sue Hand's favorite lo- cal organizations are the SPCA of Luzerne County, the Luzerne County Historical Society, and the Back Mountain Memorial Library. To help support these three impor- tant groups, some of her students have completed three decorative arts pieces that will be available for Silent Auction at Sue Hand’s Imag- ery during the Dallas Harvest Fes- tival from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. A small bookcase with scenes of the Luzerne County including the Courthouse, the Wilkes-Barre train station, the Market Street Bridge, and the coal breakers of Ashley, Swoyersville, and West Pittston will benefit the Luzerne County Historical Society. An altered book titled “How Art Works” will benefit the Back Mountain Memorial Library. A combination end table/book case featuring pets of the artists as well as others available at the SPCA will help support the SPCA of Luzerne County. Participating members from the class include: Annemarie Sly- mock, Edwardsville; Peggy David- son, Mehoopany; Katie Cohen, Shavertown; Lily Romanowski, Dallas; Anna Fiske, Kingston; and Garret Geise, Shavertown. Project Art students will exhibit and auction their work during the Dallas Harvest Festival. From left, first row, Ryan Frania, Paige Frederick and Katie Co- hen. Second row, Anna Fiske, Laura Adams, Rachel Madeira, Sue Hand, Lily Romanowski and Garrett Geise SUBMITTED PHOTO assistants are Paige Frederick, Dallas, and Ryan Frania, Shaver- town and Rachel Madeira of Dal- las. All three projects have been created under the direction of Sue Hand and Laura Adams. Barnum Place Beach Party to unite residents of Harveys Lake The first Barnum Place Beach Party will unite residents of the historic Barnum Plot originally owned and developed by Charles T. Barnum in 1871. The event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. today, Sept. 9, at the Har- veys Lake Beach Club, formerly Sandy Bottom. Neighbors are in- vited to bring their own picnic bas- ket, eating utensils and non-alco- holic beverages. Covered dishes are encouraged and $2 donations will be accepted to cover costs. A gas grill and charcoal grill will be provided and a salad bar will be open to all. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 639 3299 or by e-mail to Sunsetll7@aol.com. Reservations can also be made at the Harveys Lake Country Store. Barnum Plot is an integral part of Harveys Lake history. Studies by Sandra M. Serhan on behalf of the newly-revived Lake ‘Historical Society and references to local historian F.C. Petrillo’s THE REGION'S ONLY KIDNEY TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IS AT GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY You can take comfort knowing that the region's only kidney transplant program is comfortably close, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre. Led by board-certified surgeons C. Rathna Varma, MD, Director of Transplantation Surgery, Manish Gupta, MD, and Anil Kotru, MD, the kidney transplant team provides a comprehensive program, from pre-transplant evaluation through post-transplant care. The program is one of only a few in the nation using a steroid-free immunosuppressive regime that improves outcomes and limits the use of anti-rejection medications. To discuss an evaluation, please call 1.800.645.1228, or visit our website for a complete description of Geisinger’s transplant program. www.geisinger.org/transplant GEISINGER REDEFINING BOUNDARIES” book about Harveys Lake indicate that Charles T. Barnum and Hen- drick B Wright, both attorneys and successful businessmen, were the first to apply to the state of Penn- sylvania for patents of the land un- der the waters of Harveys Lake in 1870. Land patents were not uncom- mon at that time. These land pat- ents were granted in February 1871 after the lake bed was surveyed. A warrant was granted to Charles T. Barnum for 329 acres and Hen- drick B Wright for 285 acres. The ownership of Barnum and Wright was not challenged and assured ac- cess to the lake water by adjoining neighbors. Both Barnum and Wright began an ice-cutting business and have been credited with the first stock- ing of the waters with black bass. Late, the lake was stocked with 5,000 salmon. The Barnum Plot was an elabo- rate farm that stretched from the Noxen Road which, at that time, was called the Bowman's Creek Road to and beyond Barnum Street which can be identified on property tax statements as Bar- num PL Stonewalls line the acres of what were once the fields of a splendid farm that served as a retreat for VIPs from high county and state positions. Barnum’s partner, Hendrick B Wright became speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Represen- tatives and, in 1876, was nominat- ed to Congress. Wright was ac- quainted with President Ruther- ford B. Hayes, the first U.S. presi- dent to visit Luzerne County. Wright brought the first steam- boat, “Winghocking,” to Harveys Lake in 1860 from Wilkes Barre. Visitors to the Barnum Farm had a long and arduous journey from Wilkes-Barre by horse-drawn coach since the railroads were not evident until the early part of Octo- ber 1892. 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