November 27, 2019
Honoring community giving
ArtsQuest’s fourth annual Linny Awards program got off to a rousing start with the announcement that in 2019, the ArtsQuest Foundation received a $5 million anonymous gift, the largest in the nonprofit’s history. The announcement was made by foundation CEO Jane George, who added that there were also two anonymous $1 million donations to the endowment. Photo: Arts Educator of the Year Amy Potlock is presented with her Linny Award by State Rep. Steve Samuelson. Beall Fowler is also on hand to congratulate Potlock.
By Carole Gorney
Hawks to host basketball tournament
Bethlehem Catholic’s boys’ basketball program has partnered with the Lehigh County Special Olympics to host a tournament at Bethlehem Catholic on Dec. 20 and 21. The tournament will feature three other Catholic schools from Baltimore and Washington, D.C., as the likes of John Carroll, Bishop Ireton and St. John’s Catholic Prep make the trek to the Lehigh Valley. For Hawks head coach Scott McClary, the event is one that he’s always wanted to organize, since his time working with the Lehigh County Special Olympics.
By Peter Car
Once in a lifetime
Douglas Wiltraut has received the Robert Sanstrom Prize, a Gold Medal, and $5,000, as an honorarium, for his painting, “Fading Away” (2018, egg tempera on panel, 22 in. x 33 in.) at the 65th Annual Exhibition of the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic (NSPCA) held at the Salmagundi Club, New York City. The organization was founded in the 1950s and the society’s top prize, named for Robert Sanstrom, can only be received once in an artist’s lifetime. Sanstrom was an artist and NSPCA associate membership chairman who left his $1.2-million estate to the society as a legacy gift.
By Ed Courrier
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Bethlehem: Rose Garden part of Boscola’s park grants
Bethlehem: Gary Martell honored for service to community
Bethlehem: Off to the races Oktoberfest style
Bethlehem (Planners): Second Ave. Armory project is official
Bethlehem: 28th Super Day fundraiser
Freemansburg: Winter emergency plans outlines
Lehigh Valley: Diamond and Silk hosts pro-life banquet
Saucon Valley (SVSB): Parents, residents address bullying
St. Anne: Astronaut delivers big picture
St. Anne: Principal recognized for school growth
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High school news report: LV Charter Arts
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