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North Branch Land Trust is holding its 16th annual dinner and auction on Wednesday, May 6, at The Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with music, cocktail hour and bidding on a vast array of silent auction items. A dinner will follow with a live auction. The North Branch Land Trust’s 2015 Community Stewardship Award will be presented to Deb Shoval for her foresight, planning and wise use of the region’s natural resources in creating Fertile Grounds, a certified organic vegetable farm and CSA serving Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. The dinner chair is Ramah Hackett. Emcee is Jim Shoemaker. For tickets, or to place a sponsorship ad or donate to the silent and live auctions, contact the North Branch Land Trust office at 570-696-5545, www.nblt.org or email romanansky@nblt.org. Planning committee members, from left, first row, Cathy McHugh and Leigh Pawling. Second row: Ramah Hackett and Cheri Davidowitz. Third row: Bobbi-Jo Romanishan and Julane Hogan. Fourth row: Cindy Post-Mitchell and Barb Romanansky. Fifth row: Lanie Jordan and Jim Shoemaker. Sixth row: Paul Lumia and Jim Gorman. Seventh row: Josh Katyl. Other committee members are Kathy Dunsmuir, Bill Kammerer, Terri Kosakowski, Liz Lloyd, Olivia Lumia and Mike Weaver.