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Sunday, July 10, 2011
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CIVIC BRIEFS
Round Table
meets July 4
The Wyoming Valley Civil
War Round Table meeting will
be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday,
® 14 in the lower level of the
addow-Isaacs American Le-
gion, Route 415, Dallas, with
guest Mr. Robert Broadwater
presenting “Meet General U.S.
Grant.”
Broadwater is a charter mem-
ber and past president of De-
scendants of Civil War Veterans
and has been a member of
Baltimore Civil War Round
Table, Kennesaw Mountain
Association, Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans and the Civil War
sites in central Pennsylvania.
The presentation is open to
the public.
Farmer's Market
returns fo library
The Back Mountain Memo-
rial Library’s Annual Farmer’s
Market will begin on Saturday,
July 16 and will be held every
Saturday until early autumn.
Farmers and other food ven-
dors will offer fresh fruits, vege-
tables, baked goods and other
surprises, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Library offers
computer classes
The Back Mountain Memo-
Library will offer basic
computer classes. Each session
will consist of three one-hour
classes.
The July session will be held
from 10 to 11 a.m. on July 18,
20 and 21. The total cost for all
three classes is $15 and space is
limited.
Registration may be made by
calling the library at 675-1182.
Irem Women plan
Summer Luncheons
The Irem Women’s Auxiliary
invites the public to attend
Summer Luncheons that the
group will host beginning at
noon July 21, August 18 and
September 15 at Irem Country
Club, 1240 Country Club Rd.,
Dallas.
Prizes will be awarded.
Cost to attend is $18 and
reservations may be made no
later than 11 a.m. on the Mon-
day preceding any of the lun-
cheons. Reservations can be
made with Bernice West at
256-3031 or Sally Wagner 675-
2325.
“Cabaret” comes to
@Rusic Box Playhouse
* The Music Box Repertory
Company presents the musical
“Cabaret” July 22-24, 29-31 and
August 5-7 at the Music Box
Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes
St., Swoyersville.
For reservations, call 283-
2195.
Ham dinner slated
The Sweet Valley Volunteer
Fire Co. will hold a family-style
ham dinner from 4:30 to 6:30
p.m. on Saturday, July 23. Take-
outs begin at 4 p.m.
Cost is $8 for adults and $4
for children ages 6 to 11. Chil-
dren under 6 years of age eat
free.
Music Box
plans workshops
The Music Box Dinner Play-
house, 196 Hughes St.,
Swoyersville, will conduct the
following theatre workshops:
Children’s Summer Theatre
Workshop for ages 8-12. Classes
begin July 25 and run from 9
a.m. to noon Mondays, Wednes-
days and Thursdays through
August 19. The students will
perform Disney’s “Aladdin
Kids” on August 19 and 20.
Music Box Theatre Academy
for ages 13-18. Classes begin
August 30 and will be held in
the evening twice weekly
through October 13. The stu-
dents will perform “Grease” on
October 14, 15 and 16.
Call 283-2195 for enrollment
forms or additional informa-
tion.
Dance supports
anti-bully programs
“Dance in the No Bully Zone”
will be held from 9:30 a.m. to
noon on Saturday, Aug. 6 at
Wyoming Valley West High
School.
Registration will be held from
8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Those
who pre-register by August 3
will be charged $10. Cost the
day of the event is $15.
All proceeds will benefit local
anti-bullying programs and
Fallen Officers Remembered.
For more information, call
690-6003.
Eastern Star
plans craft sale
The 21st annual craft sale
and flea market sponsored by
the Dallas Chapter Eastern Star
Building Association will be
held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Dallas
Chapter Eastern Star Hall,
Foster Street and Woodlawn
Avenue, Dallas.
Vendor space is available for
$10. Inside tables with the table
provided are $15 each.
Eastern Star members will
serve lunch and sell Welsh
cookies.
For information, call Dianne
Corby at 675-4893.
Open House.
Beach
he Harveys Lake Beach
socio held its Sec-
ond Annual Art Show and
Open House on June 26 at Sun-
set Beach.
Local artists Bonnie Coveleski
and Lorraine Petyo-Elias dis-
played their art work during the
afternoon while certified life-
guards watched over swimmers
at the lake.
Entertainment and refresh-
ments were also provided at the
annual event.
Art, dogs and the beach come together during the Sunset Beach
Kathy Deibel, of Wilkes-Barre, arrives at the party and art show
at Sunset Beach.
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Dottie Clayton admires the art work.
SCHOOL BRIEFS
Two BMT students
of o . 5
exhibit art at King’s
Two Back Mountain middle
school students will showcase
original works in an exhibition
titled “Girls, Girls, Girls” to be
held in the Widmann Gallery at
King’s College from July 11
through Aug. 26. They are
Caroline Banas, Gate of Heav-
en; and Brielle Brace, Dallas
Middle School.
The artists will discuss their
work from 6- to 8 p.m. on Fri-
day, July 22 in the Gallery lo-
cated in the Sheehy-Farmer
Brace.
Five young artists will have
their artwork exhibited at the
Widmann Gallery, King’s Col-
lege, Wilkes-Barre through Au-
gust 15.
Banas, Dallas;
Mountaintop; Gina
The artists include Caroline
Claire Sheen,
Davis,
Swoyersville; Brielle Brace, Dal-
las; and Cassy Silveri, Plains.
They will exhibit artwork in a
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Artists who will have their artwork exhibited at the Widmann Gallery, King's College, Wilkes-Barre
through August 15 are, from left, Caroline Banas, Claire Sheen, Cassy Silveri, Gina Davis and Brielle
®Artists show work at King’s College
Sue Hand, Dallas. Their work is
regularly seen in competitions
and invitational exhibits.
wide variety of media, including
watercolor, colored pencil,
graphite, ink, acrylic, mixed
media, silverpoint, charcoal and
pastel.
They also produce a wide va-
riety of subjects, including por-
traiture, landscapes, seascapes,
still lifes, architecture, animal
and abstraction.
All five artists are students of
A meet-the artists reception
will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on
Friday, July 22. Gallery hours for
the summer are from 1 to 4 p.m.
Monday to Friday from July 5-22
and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday from July 23 to
August 15.
Campus Center between North
Franklin and North Main
streets. The exhibition is free
and open to the public. Gallery
hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday and 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday.
For more information, con-
tact Michelle Leonard, Wid-
mann Gallery Coordinator, at
208-5900, ext. 5328.
Armenian guitarist
will perform
The Wyoming Seminary
Performing Arts Institute will
present a special performance
by Armenian classical guitarist
Gohar Vardanyan at 8 p.m. on
Monday, July 11 in the Great
Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228
Wyoming Ave., just north of
Kingston Corners.
The performance is free and
open to the public. For more
information, call 270-2186.
Student recitals set
The Wyoming Seminary
Performing Arts Institute (PAI)
will present a Student Recital
in the Great Hall of Wyoming
Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave.,
just north of Kingston Corners,
at 8 p.m. on the following
dates: July 13, July 20, July 27,
August 2 and August 3. For
more information, call 270-
2186.
Recitals planned
The Wyoming Seminary
Performing Arts Institute (PAI)
will present music by the Wind
Ensemble and the Jazz En-
semble in the Buckingham
Performing Arts Center on the
campus of Wyoming Seminary,
North Sprague Avenue, King-
ston at 8 p.m. on the following
dates: July 15, July 23 and July
29.
The recitals are free and
open to the public. For more
information, call 270-2186.
PAI presents music
The Wyoming Seminary
Performing Arts Institute (PAI)
will present music by its Mas-
terworks Chorale, Chamber
Orchestra, Institute Chorus and
Symphony Orchestra at the
Great Hall of Wyoming Semi-
nary, 228 Wyoming Ave, just
north of Kingston Corners, at 8
p.m. on Friday, July 22 and
Saturday, July 30.
The performances are free
and open to the public. For
more information, call 270-
2186.
PAI will present
special performance
The Wyoming Seminary
Performing Arts Institute (PAI)
will present a special perform-
ance by its Masterworks Cho-
rale, Chamber Orchestra, In-
stitute Orchestra and Sympho-
ny Orchestra at 8 p.m. on Sat-
urday, July 16 at St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Pro-Cathedral,
Wilkes-Barre.
The performance is free and
open to the public. For more
information, call 270-2186.
MU schedules open
house programs
Misericordia University is
offering three open house pro-
grams on the Back Mountain
campus to give students and
their parents an opportunity to
spend an informative day tour-
ing the 124-acre campus and to
meet with students, faculty,
coaches and admissions and
financial aid counselors.
The open houses will be held
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on three
Saturdays, Aug. 20, Sept. 17
and Oct. 29. Registration will
begin all three days at 9 a.m. in
the Anderson Sports and
Health Center at the north gate
of campus. The open house
schedule includes registration,
refreshments, campus tours, a
faculty session and lunch and
meetings with representatives
of student services, athletics
and financial aid.
For more information, con-
tact the Misericordia University
Admissions Office at 675-4449.
Luzerne High School
Alumni plan picnic
The Luzerne High All Alum-
ni Picnic will be held from 1 to
" 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21 at
the Checkerboard Inn Pavilion,
385 Carverton Rd., Trucksville.
Reservations are required
and payment of $23 per person
will include food anddrinks.
Payment must be received
byJuly 19 and checks should be
made payable to the Luzerne
High Picnic Committee, c/
Bernard Luksic, 106 Franklin
St., Shavertown, PA 18708.
Please include name, address,
phone number, e-mail address,
graduation year and number
attending.
For more information, call
Bernard Luksic at 675-5802 or
Joanne Evanoski Skrip at 735-
8696.
DHS Class of 1986
plans reunion
Dallas High School Class of
1986 will celebrate its 25th
anniversary reunion from 5 to
10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3 at
the Checkerboard Inn Pavilion
on Carverton Road in Trucks-
ville.
Classmates interested in
attending are asked to send an
e-mail to mollyand-
mark@gmail.com.
Reunion committee
seeks classmates
The reunion committee of
Westmoreland High School
Class of 1961 is planning the
50th anniversary reunion of the
class for September 9, 10 and
11.
Anyone having information
about the following classmates
is asked to contact Sue Kelley
Misson at susanmis@juno.com
or Harold (Sonny) Smith at
675-2801 or hws43@com-
cast.net:
Frank Stocker, Sherry Gaun-
tlett Letts, Richard Powell,
David Stout, Marijane Moss,
Ken Thomas, Bill VanBuskirk.
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