Abington Suburban Calendar

Northeast Vegetable Growers: Thursday, Jan. 21, is the registration deadline for the Northeast Vegetable Growers meeting on Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Newton-Ransom Volunteer Fire Co. on the Newton-Ransom Blvd.
The meeting will start at 8:45 a.m. with registration and end at 3 p.m.
The $18 reservation fee (includes lunch) should be mailed to Lackawanna County Extension, 200 Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18503. Registration at the door is $25.

South Abington Tree Collection: South Abington Township will collect holiday trees on Saturday, Jan. 23.
Residents are asked to place trees without bags at the curb Friday night, Jan. 22.

KidsMusic at Comm: The Waverly Community House will offer a 10-week semester of KidsMusic with Karen Kane in the Scout Room on Tuesday mornings beginning Feb. 9. Registration is open to tots between 18 months and 4 years. The fee is $110, which includes tuition, registration fee and materials to make music at home. For more information, contact Kane at 586-1051 or www.kidsmusicwithkarenkane.orbitaltec.net. Registration forms are also available at the Comm office, 1115 N. Abington Road, or www.waverlycomm.org.

Classes at Dietrich: Classes for children and adults are available at the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock.
Exploring Sculpture
Preschoolers: Thursdays, Jan. 21, 28 and Feb. 4 from noon to 12:45 p.m.
Mommy & Me: Fridays, Jan. 22, 29 and Feb. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Amy Colley. Admission $35; age 3-5.
Mixed Media
For ages 5-8: Fridays, Jan. 22, 29 and Feb. 5 from 4-5:30 p.m.
For ages 9-12: Thursdays, Jan. 21, 28 and Feb. 4 from 4-5:30 p.m.
Instructors: Steve and Amy Colley. Admission $35.
After School Players
Through March 6 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Directors: Carl Canedy and Patti Dunning of First Act Children’s Theatre. Free.
Students will learn all about theatre arts as they prepare to perform the play “The Haunted Dietrich.” Students will also provide input for the show and learn choreography. No experience is required.
Quilting for Kids
Wednesdays through March 31 from 3:30-5 p.m.
Instructors: Peggy Lane, Terry Keller and Ingrid Rogler. Admission $6 per class. Students ages 6 and older.
Quilting
Wednesdays through March 31 from 6-7:30 p.m.
Instructors: Terry Keller, Peggy Lane and Ingrid Rogler. Admission $6 per class; age 13 to adult.
Open Studio
Painting, drawing and pottery.
Days (adults): Mondays, Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 from 9:30-11 a.m. Nights (all ages) Tuesdays, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Colley. Admission $15 per class.
Decorative Painting
Wednesday, Jan. 27, from noon to 3 p.m.
Instructor: Eileen Balboa. Admission $20 per class; ages 16 to adult. Intro to Knitting
Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m.
Instructor: Sarah Sidorek. Admission $20; ages 16 to adult.
Jewelry Making
Monday, Jan. 25, from 6-9 p.m.
Instructor: Esther Harmatz. Admission $50.
Pottery, Sculpture
Mondays, Jan. 25 and Feb. 1 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Instructor: Steve Colley. Admission $50; ages 13 to adult.
Writers’ Group
Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m., ongoing. Free. All genres and levels of writing welcome; adults.
Yoga for You
Wednesdays from 10-11 am, ongoing classes.
Yoga instructor: Melissa Russo. Admission $10 per class. Bring a mat or beach towel.
Call 996-1500 to register for any of these classes.
Visit www.dietrichtheater.com for more information.

Seven Weeks to Wellness: A new series at Everything Natural, Seven Weeks to Wellness runs from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Feb. 24. The schedule is:
Jan. 27: Creative Stress Management, Barbara Cohen.
Feb. 3: Living an Abundant Life with Sybilla Lenz.
Feb. 10: Communication and Relationships with Joanne Weiss, M.D.
Feb. 17: Make Life a Laughing Matter with Jeannine Luby.
Feb. 24: Fitness for Life with Kevin Rail.
The series will be offered again this spring, allowing participants the opportunity to make up any missed sessions.
To register or learn more, call program coordinator Barbara Cohen, 498-7885. Registration is required. Deliver or send check to: Everything Natural, 426 S. State St., Clarks Summit, PA 18411 (Attn: Barbara Cohen). The cost is $125.

Theater Workshop: Michaela Moore of All About Theatre Performing Arts School will present a free workshop for all ages at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock.
Call 996-1500 for details.

Toastmasters Meet: The Greater Scranton Area Roaring Ramblers Toastmasters Club meets at 6:30 p.m on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Allied Services Community Room in the Charles Lugar Outpatient Center, Moffatt Drive, off the Morgan Highway, Scranton.
For more information, contact 587-0232, 222-5405 or www.scrantontoastmasters.org.

Book-to-Film Series: A new book-to-film series begins at the Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit. Facilitated by Pete Chapla and Sue Curtin, the “Home Away from Home” series starts Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 6-9 p.m. with a discussion of Thomas Mann’s “Death in Venice” and viewing the Luchino Visconti film. The series is underwritten by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.

Abington Parents Read: Abington Parents Read, a collaborative effort between the Abington Community Library and teachers from Abington Heights School District, begins this month.
Hosted by the Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, five different one-hour book discussions will be voluntarily facilitated by the Abington Heights English/reading teachers teaching the books.
Register for each session individually by calling 587-3440; books will be available at the circulation desk of the library and through the library system catalog, www.lclshome.org/abington.
Dates, facilitators and books are: Tuesday, Jan. 26, Cyndi Page, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”; Tuesday, Feb. 9, Anne Armezzani, “Fever 1793”; Tuesday, Feb. 23, Barb Kelleher and Bridgid Philbin, “Frankenstein”; Tuesday, March 9, Cathy Johnson and Sandy Spangler, “The Pigman”; and, Tuesday, March 23, Annette Conigliaro and Anne Baerwald, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” All events begin at 7 p.m.

Career Fair Help Needed: Abington Heights High School, 222 Noble Road, will conduct a career fair on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Local professionals who are willing to volunteer their time to meet with AHHS students at the fair may register at www.ahsd.org.

Community Classroom Survey: Want to learn how to fly fish but don’t know anyone to show you how?
How about self-defense, photography or cooking? Parenting? Bird watching?
The possibilities abound.
A five-question survey, available at the Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, is being used to gauge interest in community-based continuing education. The deadline for completed questionnaires is the Jan. 31.
Persons interested in becoming potential teachers are asked to call Dori Waters, 954-6650.

Tango Movie, Lesson: See the movie “The Tango Lesson” at the Dietrich Theater at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, and then learn the dance at 3:30 p.m. at Father Nallin Hall, both in Tunkhannock.
Wear or bring shoes with leather bottoms. Argentine tango instructors Jill and Gehred Wetzel will guide students through basic tango postures and steps. Wear or bring shoes with leather bottoms. Call 996-1500 for more information.

Wyoming County Reads: What was the Great Depression really like? “Wyoming County Reads: One County, One Book, One Play” will bring to life the Great Depression and the resilience of those who lived through it, through reading, discussion, photography, displays and a performance of the Frank Galati play based on John Steinbeck’s novel, “The Grapes of Wrath.”
Book discussion topics, dates and locations are as follows:
Steinbeck’s Joad Family: Building Character — Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Public Library; Tuesday, Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m. at the Laceyville Library; Monday, Feb. 15, 6:30 p.m. at the Factoryville Library; Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m. at the Mehoopany Library; Monday, Feb. 15, 2 p.m. at the Schenk Memorial Library in Noxen; and Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Nicholson.
Surviving the Dust Bowl: An Education of the Heart — Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Public Library.
Hard Times Then and Now: Analyzing the Indestructible Human Spirit — Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Public Library.
The Quest for the Promised Land: Overcoming Social Injustice — Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Public Library.
Images of the Dust Bowl and the Depression — Wednesday, March 3, 7 p.m. at the Dietrich Theater, downtown Tunkhannock.
Photos of Dorothea Lange will be featured with other images of the times.
The Dietrich Theater’s community production of Galati’s play will be performed on stage March 10-14.
For more information, call the Dietrich Theater, 996-1500.  

Pilates Classes at Comm: The Waverly Community House offers morning and evening Pilates classes with Hilary Steinberg in the Scout Room.
Evening classes are at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and morning classes at 9:15 a.m. Thursdays. The cost is $10 per class.
For more information, e-mail her at hilarysteinberg@aol.com. Registration forms are available in the Comm lobby or at www.waverlycomm.org. The Waverly Community House is located at 1115 N. Abington Road.

Love Series: Love is in the air next month at Waverly Community Church, 101 Carbondale Rd., Waverly.
The movie “Fireproof” will be shown free at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. RSVP by Feb. 5 for a Valentine’s dinner at the church at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. The cost is $10 per person.  
A free six-week series called “Marriage Built to Last” starts at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19.
Call 587-2280 to reserve a place for the dinner and/or the series.

Festival of Ice: The circus is the theme of the sixth annual Clark Summit Festival of Ice over Presidents Day weekend (which includes Valentine’s Day), Feb. 11-15.
For more information, call Abington Business & Professional Association Director Laura Ancheroni at 587-9045 or visit www.theabingtons.org.

Camp Kestrel: Alliance Landfill will present a Camp Kestrel habitat workshop on Saturday, Feb. 13.
The free workshop will include birdhouse building, a landfill site tour, wildlife presentations, a low-litter lunch and information about recycling, composting and conserving resources.
The camp is recommended for children age 8 and older. Reservations are required.
The Feb. 13 camp will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Alliance Community Center, 360 S. Keyser Ave., Taylor. More information and camp registration is available by contacting 562-1600 ext. 244 or sending an e-mail to jhambros@wm.com.

Junior Wrestling Championships: Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre will be the site of the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championships on Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27. Sponsorships for the two-day event are available. For additional information, visit www.pajw.org or www.pa-d2wrestling.com.

Senior Center Events: Activities and upcoming events are as follows at the Abington Senior Community Center, 1151 Winola Road: Activities: Tai chi classes, Tuesdays, 4:15 p.m.; and Ceramics, Tuesdays, 1-2:30 p.m.

Attic Shop Hours: The Attic Shop, an upscale consignment shop, has reopened after renovations.
It is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon and the first and third Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m.
Consignments are taken Wednesdays from 9:30-11:15 a.m. and first and third Wednesdays from 7-8:15 p.m.
Run by the Waverly Women’s Club, the Attic Shop is located in the lower level of the Waverly Community House, 1115 N. Abington Road. For more information, call 586-5991.
 
Seeking Volunteers: Clarks Summit Borough is looking for volunteers willing to be a member of its zoning hearing board.
The board generally meets once a month to hear zoning appeals or variance requests. Volunteers must live in the borough. While the position is not paid, borough manager Virginia Kehoe said it offers “a great way” for people to give to the community. For more information, call Kehoe at 586-9316.

SADD Collecting Cell Phones: Abington Heights High School Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) are collecting cell phones at the high school. All cell phones are cleared and programmed with 911 for use by the elderly. The phones may be dropped off in the main office of the high school.

Social Singles Club: A social singles club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month at Our Lady of Snows Church rectory basement on State Street, Clarks Summit.
Meet other active mature singles for fun activities and friendship. For more information, call Linda, 470-5220.  

Everything Natural Classes: Everything Natural, 426 S. State St., Clarks Summit, offers the following classes:
• BYOB (Bring Your Own BOSU) Mondays and Wednesdays, 5 p.m. Come to class and expect to improve your balance, core strength, cardiovascular strength, flexibility and lean muscle mass. Bring your BOSU balance trainer and a water bottle. Instructor: Kevin Rail, $10 per class; $70 for eight weeks.
• Hatha yoga, Mondays, 9:30 a.m. and Thursdays, 9 a.m. Instruction in the asanas (postures) reflect attitude, mindfulness, correct balance of action, strength/stamina, flexibility, alignment/form and understanding of the mind (meditation). Props will be provided. Instructor: Nora Fox, $12 per class.
• Hatha yoga, svaroopa style, Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Yoga unravels the deep-seated layers of tension in your body and mind. Class includes guided relaxations, yoga breathing and poses. Instructor: Barbara Cohen, $15 per class; $100 for eight weeks.
• Yoga for beginners, Fridays 10 a.m. Learn core poses designed to reliably release the spine. Guided meditation, yoga breathing and philosophy included. Registration is required. To register, call 498-7885. Instructor: Barbara Cohen, $75 for six weeks. (Makeup classes available if you are away.)
For more information, please visit www.everythingnaturalpa.com or call 570.586.9684.

Sandvik Retirees: Sandvik Retirees Association meets third Wednesday of the month, 10:30 a.m., Six East Restaurant, Dickson City. Call 587-2657 for more information. All Sandvik retirees are invited to attend and join the group. The association is not affiliated with Sandvik Materials Technology.
 
Overeaters Anonymous: Clarks Summit meetings of Overeaters Anonymous at First Presbyterian Church, 200 School St., are as follows: Sundays, 4 p.m.; Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 851-4211.

‘Fountain of Wisdom’: Free wellness chats are held every Wednesday, 6-7 p.m. at The Inner Harmony Wellness Center indoor fountain, Mercy Hospital General Services Building, 743 Jefferson Ave., Scranton. For more information, call 346-4621 or go to www.innerharmonywellness.com.

Bingo in Dalton: Dalton Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary sponsors bingo every Monday night at the Dalton Fire Co. Hall, South Turnpike Road, Dalton. Doors open at 6 p.m. Games begin at 6:45 p.m.

Water Fitness: Ongoing water fitness classes take place at Abington Heights High School pool, 222 Noble Road, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. until noon. The fee is $2 per session. No registration is required. For more information, call Instructor Janet Beck, 587-3873.

Yoga Class for Seniors: Yoga class for beginners is offered to seniors 55 years of age and older at the Abington Senior Center, 1151 Winola Road.
The class is held each Monday at the center from 11:15 a.m. to noon.
A fee of $4 per class is required to help pay for the professional instructor. Call the center, 586-8996, for more information.
 
Writers Group: A writers’ group will meet Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. at the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock. Admission is free. Call 996-1500 to register. Visit www.dietrichtheater.com.

Newton Recreation Center: The Newton Recreation Center, 1814 Newton-Ransom Blvd., is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and 3 to 8:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. , and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. For more information call the center, 586-7808.

Lupus Support: Tunkhannock-area monthly lupus support group meets every third Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Tunkhannock Library, 220 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.
For more information, call 1-888-99-LUPUS or visit www.lupuspa.org.

Support Group: The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Pennsylvania hosts a support group meeting at Elan Gardens, 465 Venard Road, Clarks Summit, on the last Tuesday of the month from 7-8 p.m. For reservations, contact Rhonda Falk, 585-8099, or Rita Fenton, 342-1776 (work) or 586-0179 (home).

 

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