Mountain View Garden Club to meet Oct. 20<\/p>\n
The Mountain View Garden Club\u2019s next meeting will be held Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:45 p.m. at the Clifford Township Firehall. The program will feature presentations from this year\u2019s education grant recipients in the Carbondale Area, Susquehanna and Fell Charter school districts.<\/p>\n
After a 15-minute meet-and greet and discussion of agenda items, teachers will share updates on their projects. The meeting is open to the public, offering attendees an opportunity to hear the recipients\u2019 stories and learn about the creativity and educational value of their projects.<\/p>\n
On Sept. 12, club members met at the Pine Lake Pavilion at Lackawanna State Park for a mushroom walk led by David Wasilewski of the Wyoming Valley Mushroom Club. A potluck lunch and members\u2019 plant exchange followed the walk.<\/p>\n
For information about the the Mountain View Garden Club\u2019s November and December programs, links to gardening resources and membership applications, visit its website, mountainviewgardenclub.org<\/a>. Everyone is invited to join and gain practical experience in gardening and environmental topics.<\/p>\n Marywood to present \u2018War of the Worlds\u2019<\/p>\n Nearly 88 years after a radio program frightened millions in October 1938, Marywood University\u2019s theater program will present \u201cWar of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast,\u201d a theatrical reimagining of an infamous moment in American broadcasting history.<\/p>\n The play is set in a live radio studio with shadow theater artists and Foley sound effect artists, recreating Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre\u2019s radio adaptation of H.G. Wells\u2019 \u201cThe War of the Worlds.\u201d Many listeners took the radio drama literally and believed they were under attack by aliens.<\/p>\n The play goes on to look at the cultural panic that followed and the questions it raised. It was written by well-known playwright Joe Landry.<\/p>\n Performances at the Munley Theater in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts have showtimes from Thursday, Oct. 22, through Saturday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. each evening and a matinee-only performance on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n Tickets are $15, with Marywood students, faculty, staff and IHM sisters admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in advance by credit card online at Marywood.universitytickets.com<\/a> or with cash at the door.<\/p>\n Honesdale National Bank celebrates 190 years with sweepstakes, \u2018Feed the Need\u2019 initiative<\/p>\n Marking its 190th anniversary this year, Honesdale National Bank is inviting customers, employees and community members throughout Northeast Pennsylvania to join in a celebration centered on giving back, strengthening connections and making a meaningful impact together.<\/p>\n The bank\u2019s 190 and Counting Sweepstakes serves as the centerpiece of the anniversary celebration, giving participants the opportunity to enter for a chance to win a $1,900 grand prize while also supporting HNB\u2019s Feed the Need Food Drive.<\/p>\n Through the initiative, which continues through Nov. 21, Honesdale National Bank aims to collect 190 boxes of food for local pantries, helping neighbors facing food insecurity across the communities the bank serves.<\/p>\n Community members can participate in multiple ways, including submitting a sweepstakes entry by contributing food donations at local Honesdale National Bank offices. Every food donation helps advance the bank\u2019s goal of providing 190 boxes of food to area pantries.<\/p>\n