Sunday, March 4, 2012 THE “DAL LAS POST PAGE 9 ® DARE GRADUATION HELD AT WYCALLIS ELEMENTARY ) A DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) graduation ceremony was held recently for fifth-grade students at Wycallis Elementary School. The nationally-recognized drug program was instructed by Officer Frank Ziegler of the Kingston Township Police Department. From left, first row, are Samantha Blamire, Christina Schuler, Kelly Young and Abby Curtis. Second row, Dr. Paul Reinert, principal, Wycallis Elementary; Kathleen Sebastian, manager, Kingston Township; Liz Martin, supervisor, Dallas Township; Shirley Moyer, supervisor, Kingston Township; Timothy Carroll, mayor, Dallas Borough; Frank Wagner, supervisor, Dallas Township; James Balavage, police chief, Kingston Township; and Traci Carr, manager, Dallas Borough. MU art students will exhibit work Exhibit at Pauly Friedman Art Gallery will run March 17-31 and feature more than 40 student works. The Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia Uni- versity will host a student exhibition March 17-31 uring more than 40 stu- dent works in ceramics, drawing, painting, photog- raphy, sculpture and water- color. Also on display will be a visual fine arts faculty exhi- bition in the adjacent Mac- Donald Art Gallery featur- ing faculty members Babet- ta Wenner, Georgiana Cray Bart, David Klevinsky and Skip Sensbach. The exhibits will open with a free reception from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 17. Students of John Curtis, director of perform- ing arts, will provide music for the reception. The stu- dent exhibition will include art created in the studio art classes during the fall 2011 and the spring 2012 semes- ters. Pauly Friedman Art Gal- lery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 674-6250. “Bent Man," a clay sculpture by Misericordia University student Andrea Schiappa, of Dallas, will be displayed at a student art exhibition March 17-31 at the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at Misericordia. SCHOOL BRIEFS @ ad Start plans open recruitment Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. will hold open recruitment from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, RR 4, Dallas, for chil- dren living in the Dallas and Lehman-Jackson areas. For more information, call 829-6231, ext 363. Senior Lock-In rummage sale set The Dallas High School Senior Lock-In Committee will hold its third annual rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 11 at the Dallas Middle School. There will be a variety of items, ranging from jewelry, clothing, toys, books, house- hold items, antiques, collec- tibles and appliances. Students will perform at Seminary The Wyoming Seminary Music Department will present a special performance by mem- bers of the Bratislava State Conservatory of Music, Slova- craft show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at the middle school. Movie presented at Misericordia The Misericordia University Student Activities Department will present “New Year’s Eve” as part of its Movie Nights at Misericordia film series at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26 in Lemmond Theater at Walsh Hall. Admission is $1 for Miser- icordia students with proper identification and $3 for the general public. For more information, con- tact Patrick McKamy, coor- dinator of student activities, at 674-6411. Seminary presents Music Festival The Wyoming Seminary Music Department will present a Shostakovich Chamber Music Festival featuring the music of Russian composer Dmitri Shos- takovich, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 and Sat 3 p.m. Sun- day, April 1 in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, just north of Kingston Corners. The concerts will include instrumental and vocal works and will feature professional and student performers. The festival is free and open to the public. For more in- formation, call 270-2192. Craft show set The Lake-Lehman Band will hold its spring craft show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 at the Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School, Old Route 115, Dallas. Parking and admission are free. There will be handcrafted items for the home and garden, Easter candy and fudge, hand- crafted silver and beaded jew- elry, matted pictures, candles, pottery, wood crafts and much more. The school cafeteria will offer hot lunch items and homemade baked goods. There will also be a Chinese auction. For information, contact kia, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, just north of Kingston Corners. The concert, titled “An Eve- ning At The Opera And More,” will feature a 12-year-old vio- linist and four student singers, performing popular works of opera. The performance is free and &- to the public. For more information, call 270-2192. Craft show slated The Tunkhannock Area Mid- dle School Band will host a Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. (LCHS, Inc.) announces an open recruitment from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Dal- las for the Back Mountain Cen- ter and from 4 to 8 p.m. on Mon- day, April 23 at the Roslund Ele- mentary School, 99 Digger Dr., Tunkhannock for the Tunkhan- nock Center. Head Start is a federally and state-funded comprehensive pre-school program that pro- vides a range of free services to 3- and 4-year-old children and their families in Luzerne and Wyoming counties. The pro- gram gives low-income chil- dren a chance to achieve their full potential and attain school Head Start plans recruitment readiness. Special enrollment consideration is given to recip- ients of TANF Benefits, SSI, Foster/Kinship Care and chil- dren with disabilities. Trans- portation is provided on a limit- ed basis. Any parent or caregiver plan- ning to attend a recruitment session is requested to bring proof of child’s age, child's cur- rent shot record, documenta- tion of child’s diagnosed disabil- ity/special needs (if applica- ble), medical insurance cover- age, and verification of one year’s income (previous 12 months or last calendar year). For additional information, contact the LCHS Central Of- fice at 829-6231. Kathy Marchakitis at band craftshow@gmail.com. LL Lock-In Committee plans rummage sale The Lake Lehman Last Knight Lock-In Committee will hold its first-ever rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat- urday, April 14 at the Lake- Lehman High School. Set up begins at 7 a.m. Cost is $10 for a 10x10 indoor space. Checks should be made payable to Lake-Lehman Last Knight and mailed to Lake-Lehman School District, P.O. Box 38, Lehman, PA 18627. Misericordia University Artist-In-Residence Skip Sensbach, M.F.A., seated left, poses with fellow artists Georgiana Cray Bart, M.F.A., center, adjunct faculty of fine arts; and Babetta Wenner, M.S., assistant professor of fine arts and art studios coordinator, as Misericordia students practice throwing clay on pottery wheels. Misericorida offering non-credit art courses Misericordia University is now taking registrations for a slate of non-credit art classes of- fered to the community this spring. The classes in painting, ceramics, sculpture and draw- ing, as well as wearable art and fly tying will be held in the new Misericordia University Art Stu- dios, rear 50 Lake St., Dallas. The Art Studios opened in the fall of 2011 in conjunction with the start of the university’s new undergraduate minor in fine arts that offers concentra- tions in dance, visual art, pho- tography and music. The facility includes fully functional paint- ing, ceramics and sculpture stu- dios and offers 18 drafting ta- bles, eight pottery wheels, a clay pugger-mixer, an electric kiln, a glass kiln, a slab roller, a clay extruder and other intrinsic equipment. The credit and non-credit courses in the fine arts required the Department of Fine Arts to add Skip Sensbach as an artist in-residence and several region- ally acclaimed artists as faculty and adjunct instructors. Sensbach has a bachelor’s de- gree in visual communication and a Master in Fine Arts from Marywood University, and he worked as an award-winning graphic designer in New Jersey. After moving to Pennsylvania in 1994, he began working in clay and opened Green Dog Pot- tery in Dallas in 1998. His stu- dio work focuses on functional clay work as well as teaching. In 2010, Sensbach was the winner of the Ruane Graduate Award for Artistic Excellence. Sensbach’s functional and sculp- tural ceramic works have been recognized in many regional shows, including Wilkes-Barre’s Fine Arts Fiesta (first place in craft and sculpture) and honor- able mention in Binghamton, N.Y.s WSKG-TV Art in Motion competition. His work also was accepted in the 2011 Art of the State exhibit at the State Mu- seum in Harrisburg. Wenner has a bachelor of arts in art education and a master’s in education. As the coordinator of the Arts Studio, she is re- sponsible for developing and scheduling non-credit courses and recruiting talented adjunct artists as instructors. Her spe- cialty is watercolor and draw- ing. For more information, call the Center for Adult and Contin- uing Education at 674-6289. DHS PTSO COLLECTS FOR BLUE CHIP ANIMAL RESCUE The Dallas High School PTSO Steering Committee, in conjunction with the guidance depart- ment, is conducting the Blue Chip Animal Rescue Collection Drive from March 5-9 in all of the district's schools. Donations can be dropped off in the main lobbies of the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school. From left, kneeling, are Sara Evans, Nugget and Arnie Brod- head. Standing, School Counselor Robyn Jones, Bonnie Stachnik, Laura Harrison, Jessi Mendoza and Laura Stearns.
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