Having studied leadership for going on three decades and getting to rub shoulders with a number of leaders from all parts of the globe, I have discovered that there is one attribute that many share, which is rarely noted — their ability to remember names. Bill Clinton, for example, was legendary in meeting someone that
On Saturday, January 25th, for the first time in its fourteen-year history of presenting student performances in the 2200 seat theater, the Uptown Music Collective sold out the Community Arts Center. The show was Captain Fantastic and The Piano Man: The Music of Elton John and Billy Joel. “We had seen the ticket sales rising,
The Susquehanna Valley Shutterbugs have set the opening night reception for their 26th Annual “Unrestricted” Photography Show for Friday, February 7, 2020 at the Thomas Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society in Williamsport from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited to come and vote for their favorite photographs while enjoying wine,
Mrs. A.F. Kiepher has given the following report of the recent luncheon given by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House, to the members of the Chatauqua Club, at which Mrs. Kiepher, Mrs. D.W. Shollenberger and Mrs. G.F. Hartranft were among the guests. Two Wellsboro women were the only other guests present from central
It was with great sadness last week when it was learned that two of the “Baggy Pants Boys of 1939,” Bill Bair and Al “Sonny” Yearick had died. They were two of the thinning ranks of the boys who played on those first three Little League teams 81 years ago. Bill and Al were two
We live in a global village, so what happens in Lycoming County is impacted by what goes on in Washington, D.C. If the national media is to be believed, Washington is influenced by Kiev and Moscow. My wife and I lived in the former Soviet Union for sixteen years, from 1991 (when it was still
The students from the Jersey Shore Future Business Leaders of America have been busy the last couple of months with involvement in service projects that benefit Jersey Shore and the surrounding area communities. During this past November and December, the students focused on a project which was to fill 1,000-holiday meal boxes to be distributed
Jazz is considered the one unique contribution that the United States has brought to the world of music. It combines chords into note clusters that are put together in note sequences and then matched in rhythms, which becomes the music’s beat produced in repeating patterns. In other words, jazz sounds random, but actually there is
S.S. Kresge Company is undertaking a vast modernization at its 5 and 10 cent store at 431 Pine Street. Workmen from the Jacob Gehron Company Inc. are removing counters, repairing floors and laying asbestos tile in the renovations that will include new display counters and fixtures and seven check-out counters similar to those at super
There is a saying that there are some who make things happen, some who watch things happen, and the others who wonder what happened. It is the hope in this Year of the Volunteer; we can see more folks move into that first category. Jennifer Lake, executive direction and founder of Dwell Foster Care, is
The mission of the Community Arts Center is to contribute to our communities through Artistic experiences and creative Collaborations. One of our primary principals is to assure that “Our programming will be appropriate to the diverse interests and educational needs of our regional audience and positioned to assure accessibility to all”. Our Educational Series is an
