OCTOBER 2014
TIOGA COUNTY COMMUNITY PRESS
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Owego School Starts 33rd Year
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Congratulations to Zane S. our Sept. Gift Certificate winner On September 3, the staff of Zion Lutheran School opened the doors for its 33rd year and welcomed students to their classrooms. Students from PreKindergarten through Grade 6 began the year with a chapel service, led by Zion’s Pastor, Aaron Schian. Zion students fulfill and meet all state standards, with Grades 3 - 6 taking the required state exams. The Parent-Teacher League fundraises and is able to assist the teachers by providing a teacher for gym, art and music classes. A computer lab and homemade hot lunches are some of the things that the children look forward to throughout the year. The children also got to try out a newly installed Rock
wall for the first time during recess. The students are eagerly anticipating field trips, celebrating National Lutheran School’s week, as well as putting on two concerts. Zion’s K - 6 teachers have received state certifications, and all of the classroom teachers are members of Zion Lutheran Church. Zion Lutheran School accepts children from all denominations and services other local districts including, Candor, Newark Valley, Union Endicott, Tioga Center and parts of Vestal. For more information about Zion, call 687-6376, or visit www.zionowego.org.
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Tioga Acting Guild, Inc., (TAG) will no longer be hosting dinner theaters. As the incorporators, Mike and Robin Benesh, were ready to take a back seat to the theater productions, TAG was notified that it would no longer be able to rent out the Nichols Elementary Sch o o l fo r th e d in n er th eater productions. The board of directors voted for the corporation’s dissolution. TAG has been entertaining audiences for eight years and will miss the interaction with its audiences. TAG was started back in 2006 when two moms, Kelly Schweiger and Robin Benesh, wanted to offer additional opportunities for the Tioga Central High School students to enhance their acting skills. An improvisational group was held once a week, culminating with a performance of skits and sketches, many written by TAG members. Just a short time later, the group tackled the school’s first musical in decades, to a rounding success. TAG performed “Way out West in a Dress”, a musical comedy. TAG also performed an anti-bullying dramatization in cooperation with the New Hope Center, trying to raise awareness. In December of 2007, TAG took its act on the road as it visited the Albany Medical Center’s Children Hospital. Not only did TAG perform for the families there, but it took over $500 worth of items donated for the hospital’s wish list. TAG performed several dinner theater fundraisers for the Community Care Network of Nichols, as well as
Tioga Opportunities, Inc. TAG would like to thank all those who have supported TAG by attending its performances or sponsoring, which allowed TAG to donate to various charities including the following: The Open Door Mission, The Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, The TAG Community Service Scholarship, The Barton Community Club, The Bridge. In a last effort to ‘give back’, the board of directors voted to donate its kitchen supplies to the Barton Community Club. The majority of its set pieces and props will be sold\donated to the Tioga Central High School Drama Club. “It has been a wonderful experience, directing shows over the years. Watching the actors connect with their audience was priceless. I don’t know who was having more fun, the actors or their audience. We will all miss that aspect.” says TAG president Robin Benesh. “Some of my most precious memories were watching the newly recruited actors ‘blossom’ and get bit by the acting bug. Of course, watching my son Brandon entertain the audiences over the years was inspiring to all who worked with him. Brandon has been a part of TAG since its inception and has even directed and co-directed some of our shows. Though it saddens all of us ‘Tagsters’ to dissolve TAG, it has been a wonderful experience, one filled with a multitude of memories.” TAG will keep its Facebook page active with photos from past performances and any TAG news.