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Love, Valentine’s Day and affairs
Love, Valentine’s Day and affairs of the heart were the themes for three events in Northeastern Pennsylvania the week before Feb. 14. The Big Band Society of NEPA held a Valentine’s Day Dance on Friday at Genetti’s in Wilkes-Barre. The inaugural Northeastern Pennsylvania Heart Ball, themed “an Evening at the Oscars,” went off Saturday at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township to aid the battle against heart disease and stroke. Meanwhile, a Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance fundraiser Friday at the Holiday Inn benefited the Phoenix Performing Arts Center.
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Big Band board member Jim Oliveri, Vice President Ruth Oliveri, Louise Castellani and President Herman Castellani, all of Exeter.
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Mike and Joan Dzanko, both of Shavertown.
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Cindy Moritz, of LaPlume, left, and Joan Mack, of Wilkes-Barre. |
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Donna Fontanella, left, and Art McClurg, both of Sweet Valley. |
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John Gall, left, Bridget Thomas, Pat Bangor and Vanda Bangor, all of Hazleton. |
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Lackawanna County Heart Ball Chairperson Joe Collins, left, and his wife Mauri Collins, Maureen Siegel and her husband, Luzerne County Heart Ball Chairperson Chris Siegel. BILL TARUTIS photos/FOR THE TIMES LEADER |
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Ron Dovman, left, with his wife, Lisa, a heart disease survivor, both of Pittston. |
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Dr. John Hodgson, left, with his wife, Dinah, Mary Casale with her husband, Dr. Alfred Casale, all of Shavertown. |
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John Wiercinski, left, and his wife, Kathleen Wiercinski, both of Dickson City, Caroline Sullivan and husband Dr. Tom Sullivan, both of Shavertown. |
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., left, with his mother and Heart Ball honoree, the former first lady of Pennsylvania, Ellen Casey, wife Terese Casey, all of Scranton; sister Kate Brier of Clarks Summit. |
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Phoenix Performing Arts Society board members, first row from left: Michelle Blamire, Shavertown; Lee LaChette, Duryea; Jill Sherinsky, West Pittston. Second row: Bev Boos, Pittston; Barb Maxwell, Duryea. |
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John Mercincavage, left, Margaret Grimes, and Karen O’Dell, all of West Pittston. |
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Henry O’Dell, of West Pittston, left, Sharon Rosar, of Tunkhannock, and Eddie Pacovsky, of West Pittston. |
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Jerry Boos, left, David Pahl and Rita Pahl, all of Pittston. |
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Ann and Jim Filipowich, both of Bear Creek Township. |
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