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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
DONALD R. SERFASS/TIMES NEWS Local dancers rehearse at the Pennsylvania Performing Arts Academy, Tamaqua. Those who will be featured on stage at the Kennedy Center this weekend are, first row from left: Caitlin Metzger, Lauren Haupt and Anna Cannon. Second row: Paige Nebistinsky, Rachel Rega, Alesia Casler, Vanessa Wagner and Virginia Rivera. Third row: Sarah Bair, Brianne Morgan, Alexandra Kurek, Courtney McCarroll and Crista Behr. Absent from photo are Emily Romberger and Christina Scheeler.

A dance team that holds regular rehearsals just steps away from Tamaqua's Five Points intersection will appear this weekend on a world stage at the crossroads of American government.

"Our students have been invited and will perform at Kennedy Center in the District of Columbia on Feb 19-21," said Philomena Huesgen of the Pennsylvania Performing Arts Academy (PPAA), West Broad Street.

Fifteen PPAA girls ages 13 to 23 from northeastern Pennsylvania will be featured in the First American World Stage Invitational of the American Alliance of Performing Arts Educators.

Monday, February 15, 2010
ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

Sunshine during the day and frigid temperatures at night make a perfect recipe for creating these icicles that keep forming on the side of the house of TIMES NEWS correspondent, Andy Leibenguth in Tamaqua. He knocks them down every day, but they keep growing back. They are beautiful but dangerous.

Monday, February 15, 2010

The Spanish War Veterans of Summit Hill staged an appropriate patriotic program at their headquarters this evening in observance of the anniversary of the sinking of the Maine in Havana Harbor. Sinking of the Main on February 15, 1898, brought about the armed conflict between the United States and Spain, which in turn permitted the liberation of Cuba. The speaker at the program was Judge William G. Thomas.

Monday, February 15, 2010
VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Drawing crowds of curious visitors to Jim Thorpe's Winterfest 2010, ice sculptor Neil Trimper of Sculpted Ice Works carved large blocks of crystal clear ice into works of art such as the nearby Patriotic Eagle which he sculpted on Saturday.

Unlike Vancouver, Canada, where there's a shortage of snow for the Winter Olympics, the setting couldn't have been more appropriate this past weekend in Jim Thorpe, as the chamber of commerce held Winterfest 2010 in downtown Jim Thorpe.

In the dead of winter, under a blanket of white, the historic center of the town was as alive as ever for the festival, as multitudes of visitors strolled Broadway and Race Street, and shopped the town, visited the galleries, and dined in the restaurants, from the train station to the opera house and beyond.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Drivers may be in for another round of tricky travel Tuesday morning as a storm system moves into the area late tonight.

According to the National Weather Service, a low pressure snow storm that is traveling from the Midwest will move into the area tonight and combine with a secondary low pressure storm developing in the Virginia area. The all-snow system will pass across the TIMES NEWS coverage area this evening and is expected to end sometime Tuesday afternoon.

Monday, February 15, 2010
CAROL ZICKLER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS

Nesquehoning Borough crew and Radocha Excavating removes snow piles from areas in the borough. The snow is hauled to a placeat the far end of Locust Avenue to be dumped. Borough officials are bracing for another snow storm tonight into Tuesday.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Registered voters of Schuylkill County are being asked to serve as election officers in voting precincts of the districts they reside where vacancies have occurred.

The call was placed by President Judge William E. Baldwin to fill vacancies which exist on a number of voting boards which were either consolidated with other boards are newly formed under consolidations approved by the court effective Dec. 31, 2009.

Monday, February 15, 2010
PATRICK BECHTEL/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS From left, Josh Friebolin, who is supervisor chairman of Washington Township; Jason Breidinger, who is chairman of the Venture Group, and Dan Stevens, who is president of Northern Lehigh Future Focus. Future Focus presented a check for $1,700 for the Slatington Trailhead Building Project at the Feb. 13 meeting, and Washington Township presented a check for $5,000. The Venture Group is still collecting funds for the roof of the building. According to Breidinger, the building project is going to cost around $155,000 total, and the Venture Group still needs about $20,000 or $30,000 to finish the project. For more information, visit http://www.greaternorthernlehigh.com/ and click on the Trailhead Building Project link on the left side of the page.

At the Venture Group's meeting Saturday morning the group discussed making some adjustments to the landscaping project the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor has planned for the Slatington Trailhead. D &L's plans, which have been approved by Lehigh County and Slatington Borough, include a gate at the Main Street entrance to the trailhead so that all traffic would move through the Railroad Street entrance.

Monday, February 15, 2010
KATE BOOTH/TIMES NEWS

A mountain of snow at the corner of Amidon and Chestnut Street in Summit Hill is moved by contactors hired by Summit Hill borough. With over two-feet of snow dumped on the community last week, and bitter cold temperatures preventing much melting, the borough utilized contractors to remove some of the accumulation.

Monday, February 15, 2010
TERRY AHNER/TIMES NEWS  Josh Makowiec of AXA Advisors, recently spoke to members of the Palmerton Chamber of Commerce to discuss tax and investment regulations.

It's never too early to plan for our future, regardless of age or social stature.

Josh Makowiec, financial consultant with AXA Advisors, recently discussed financial planning strategies and asset management with the Palmerton Area Chamber of Commerce.

AXA Advisors is part of the international AXA Group, with over 6,000 financial professionals in local offices throughout the United States.

Makowiec said his company works primarily with investments, risk management, and comprehensive planning.