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First Posted: 3/18/2012


Concert will benefit Feeding America

A concert to raise money for Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, will be held at 2 p.m. today, March 18 in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, just north of Kingston Corners.

The concert is open to the public and donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, contact the Sem communications office at 270-2192.

MU profs will present at program

Misericordia University professors James Siberski, M.S., C.M.C., CRmT, assistant professor, coordinator of gerontological education and director of the Geriatric Care Management program, and Dawn Evans, M.S., O.T.R./L., assistant professor of occupational therapy, each are presenting at the Memory Educate Resources Care You program from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, March 20 in the Rivers room at Mercy Center, Dallas. The program is open free to the public.

For more information, call 674-6945.

Lake-Lehman Band alumni will meet

Lake-Lehman Band alumni members will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake.

An Open House is planned from 1 to 5 p.m. on June 16 at the Lake- Lehman High School.

Donations to cover costs can be sent to Lake-Lehman Band Alumni c/o Virginia Piatt Ide, 65 Boyle Rd., Dallas, PA 18612.

For more information regarding the reunion, contact Ginny Piatt Ide at 639-2587 or by e-mail at gmide@ yahoo.com or Mary Beth Duffy Tomko at [email protected].

Craft show slated

The Tunkhannock Area Middle School Band will host a craft show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at the middle school.

Seminary to hold early childhood overview

Wyoming Seminary Lower School invites families to attend the Early Childhood Overview from 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 29 at the school’s Forty Fort campus, 1560 Wyoming Ave.

Families may tour preschool, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms and speak with the dean of the Primary Division, teachers and admission staff about Sem’s early childhood program.

Please call Heidi Sims, Associate Director of Lower School Admission, at 718-6610 for more information or [email protected].

Seminary presents Music Festival

The Wyoming Seminary Music Department will present a Shostakovich Chamber Music Festival featuring the music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 and Sat 3 p.m. Sunday, 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 information, 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, handcrafted silver and beaded jewelry, 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 Kathy Marchakitis at band [email protected].

Seminary plans Open House events

The Wyoming Seminary Upper School in Kingston and Lower School in Forty Fort are offering area elementary, middle and high school students and their families an opportunity to visit either campus on Easter Monday, April 9.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at the Lower School and at 8:30 a.m. at the Upper School. Visiting students will attend classes, tour campus and have lunch. Tours of the Upper and Lower Schools for parents will be offered as well.

For more information or to register for the day’s events, call the Lower School Admission Office at 718-6610 and the Upper School at 270-2160.

Arts program slated

“Journey Through the Arts,” a celebration of Misericordia students’ achievements in music, drama, literature and photographer, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 in the Lemmond Theater at Walsh Hall.

For additional details, contact the Misericordia University Box Office at 674-6719.

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 Saturday, April 14 at the Lake-Lehman High School.

Set up begins at 7 a.m. Cost is $10 for a 10×10 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.