Student Writers To Hear Speech By Berks Author

AROUND THE COUNTY

April 19, 1994|The Morning Call

Author Kevin McCloskey of Kutztown will be guest speaker at the fifth annual Author Tea to be held at 10 a.m. today at Philip F. Lauer Middle School Library.

The author reception rewards fifth- and sixth-grade students and their parents for creative writing completed in the library under Librarian Sandra Miller.

The school PTA and Principal Dennis Harper help sponsor the event, which is the culmination of four weeks of work by students who learn the parts of a book. One winner from each fifth-and sixth-grade section is chosen to attend the tea.

The winners are:

*Fifth-graders -- Amanda Gerstenberg, Bryan Egberts, Melissa Klegarth, Kate Helm, Victoria Kistler and Bryan Burns.

*Sixth-graders -- Tiffany Heald, Lindsey Harper, Danielle Misero, Chris Allen and Lacy Gonzalez.

McCloskey teaches illustration at Kutztown University and is the author of a children's picture book, "Mrs. Fitz's Flamingos."

His book was chosen as a Children's Book of the Month Club selection and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has cited him for his contribution to children's literature.

Seventh-grader Erin Bedard, whose poem was published in the April issue of National Geographic World, will also attend the tea.

Ken Klabunde of the local McDonald's McIntyre Management Group also supports the tea by donating about 100 prizes to student winners each year.

*Candidates day: Candidates entered in the May primary have been invited to the Candidate Days sponsored by the Bethlehem Senior Citizens Council. The events will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. today at 650 Buchanan Street and April 25 at 720 Old York Road.

The program is informal and open to the public.

*Concert at Freedom: The Freedom High School Band and Orchestra annual spring concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. todayin the school auditorium. Tickets cost $2 and are being sold by band and orchestra members and at the door. The band, conducted by Ronald Demkee, will perform "March and Procession of Bacchus," "Procession of the Noble," "Seagate Overture," "In All its Glory," Variants on a Moravian Hymn," "Heatherwood Portrait," and "Fiesta Espanol." John Swartz will conduct selections from "Les Miserables."

Student conductor Chris Jean will conduct "Broadway," featuring the Twirlers. The fife and corps will perform "Traditional Tattoo." The orchestra will perform "Adagio and Allegro," `'Water Music Selections," "Symphony No.1, first movement," "The Lion of Luzern," "Hungarian Dance No. 5," and selections from "Guys and Dolls." The wind ensemble will perform "Host of Freedom," "John Williams: Evening at Pops," "Rushmore," and "Concert Rondo," with Todd Johnson featured on the tuba.

*Harassment solutions: "Stop Hostile Hallways; Our Branch Can Make a Difference," -- a lecture addressing the problem of sexual harassment in schools and a discussion of potential solutions -- will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at Palmer Moravian Church, John Street, Palmer Township.

Camille Macdonald-Polski will speak. She is educational equity coordinator for the Pennsylvania American Association of University Women.

*A Bethlehem builder: Tim Noble, director of Noble Preservation Service of Zionsville, will speak on "Henry Antes: Master Builder of Early Bethlehem," at the Sun Inn Preservation Association meeting at 2:30 p.m. today at the Sun Inn Education and Tour Center, 554 Main St., Bethlehem.

*Parents meeting: The Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education-Bethlehem Chapter, will hold a parent-to-parent meeting at 7 p.m. today in Room 125 at Liberty High School, Bethlehem. Curriculum, the effect of labeling children gifted and the future of the chapter will be discussed. For information, call 865-9890 or 882-3007.

*Exercise sessions: The Bethlehem Bureau of Recreation will hold an eight-week session of Callanetics beginning today at the DAR House on Eighth Avenue.

The hourlong classes will be held at 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cost is $20 for one night and $35 for both nights.

Muscle toning, building stamina and coordination and increasing endurance and flexibility will be stressed. To register, call the recreation office, 865-7081.

*Germany today: Peter Pfeiffer, co-editor of the recently published Cultural Transformation in the New Germany, will speak 8 p.m. today, in the Interfaith Chapel in Hogg Hall.

"Unified Germany: German Identity as Cultural Challenge," is free and open to the public. The visit is sponsored by the departments of foreign languages, government and law, and history, and by the international affairs program.

In addition to books and articles on German literature, Pfeiffer has written articles and book chapters on national identity as expressed in a country's monuments, literary history, religion and other aspects of its culture.

A graduate of Washington University of St. Louis, Pfeiffer holds a Ph.D. in German literature from the University of California, Irvine. He is an assistant professor of German at Georgetown University.

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