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Stef Davis, WBRE's Williamsport bureau chief, was on Penn College's main campus Wednesday afternoon to visit the Ten Thousand Villages fair-trade sale under way through Friday in the Bush Campus Center lobby. The sale, annually organized by students pursuing their bachelor's degrees in applied human services, benefits the working poor in other nations.

A lunchtime artist's talk and an evening reception Thursday officially opened " Objects of Mourning ," an exhibit by artist Renee Zettle-Sterling that will be featured in The Gallery at Penn College through Dec. 14. The gallery, on the third floor of Madigan Library, is open 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.

Just inside windows that fittingly looked out on foothills hugging a springlike fall day, a Penn College forestry professor urged his audience to examine the connections between their lives and theriches that surround them. "Nature can be a favorite shade tree in your back yard or that little plaza outside this building.

Brian M. McKeon, department head for natural sciences in Penn College's School of Integrated Studies, performs the role of "Phil/Gator Man" in "Duck Hunter Shoots Angel," which begins a two-week run Friday at the Community Theatre League, 100 W. Third St. In the comedy, written by Mitch Albom of "Tuesdays With Morrie" fame, two bumbling Alabama duck hunters think they've shot down an angel.

To help raise money for the Tracy A. Garis Scholarship Fund, Sigma Pi Fraternity held a 24-hour Rock-a-Thon on Friday. Sixteen brothers of the Theta Phi Chapter sat on rocking chairs in the CC TV Lounge, rocking back and forth to collect an astonishing $1,500 in pledges.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Objects of Mourning," an exhibit by artist Renee Zettle-Sterling, Nov. 11 to Dec. 14. Zettle-Sterling's meticulously crafted metal and found-object pieces investigate how everyday objects can be sources of meaning beyond their physical properties.

A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students won the 28th annual Precision Heavy Construction Equipment Rodeo, held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center as part of the college's Open House. The rodeo is sponsored by the Service and Operation of Heavy Equipment Association (S&O), a student organization at Penn College. The Oct.

Students pursuing bachelor's degrees in applied human services at Pennsylvania College of Technology are organizing a fair-trade sale of handcrafted goods Nov. 17-19 to help the working poor in other nations.

Presentation of a theatrical comedy at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been postponed until early spring due to a recent change in the show's cast. "Run for Your Wife," Ray Cooney's comedy about a London cab driver who has two lives, two wives (and a very precise schedule to keep it all straight) originally scheduled for production in mid-November will be presented at 7:30 p.m.

The Marcellus Shale Workforce Resource Center officially opened Thursday with ceremonies held at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The center, located inside Penn College's Center for Business & Workforce Development, provides a centralized location for industry, students and the public to obtain information regarding Marcellus Shale workforce-development initiatives.