Roxbury

The internationally acclaimed one-woman show “LiLiA!” will be on stage at The Roxbury Arts Group on Saturday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m.
Written and performed by Libby Skala, the granddaughter of Oscar nominee Lilia Skala, this moving piece relates Lilia’s challenges as she experiences the rude displacement from being Austria’s first female architect and European stage star to working in a factory in New York City. After fleeing Hitler-invaded Austria, Lilia finally rises to Hollywood fame in “Lilies of the Field,” acting alongside Sidney Poitier.

Allyce Bolger of Roxbury has been named to the Dean’s List at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the spring semester of her sophomore year. Full-time students, who maintain grade-point averages of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below a “C”, qualify for the Dean’s List. Allyce is the daughter of John and Lorrayne Bolger.

Gideon Meckes, son of David and Georgia Meckes of Margaretville, was baptized on his second birthday at the Gould Memorial Church, Roxbury, on Sunday, July 27. Present to celebrate the double occasion were Gideon’s local family, including grandparents, Dave and Carol Meckes of Roxbury.

Air-conditioned museums may be interesting for an hour or two, but to really get a feel for times gone by, it’s much more fun to try your hand at some of the skills and crafts that your great-great-grandparents would have used every day.
Come to Roxbury during Turn of the Century Days over Labor Day weekend and you can learn how to spin wool into yarn, weave at a hand loom, cane a chair, weave an Adirondack-style “pack” basket, and hew wood beams. During Saturday’s house tours, you can step inside a 19th-century home where the layout and furnishings still reflect the culture and habits of 100 years ago.

By Brian Sweeney
Roxbury Central School Superintendent Dr. Craig Carr has announced his resignation after three-and-a-half years on the job. The RCS School Board accepted Dr. Carr’s resignation at its July 21 meeting. Dr. Carr will be leaving the district on August15. He has accepted a position as superintendent of the Central Islip Union Free School District.

The geological history of the Catskills and the secret life of dragonflies will be topics of a pair of free, family-friendly presentations on August 2 and 3 in Roxbury, sponsored by Woodchuck Lodge, Inc.

How does a young girl adapt and adjust to the disappearance of her parents when a new regime takes over on a Pacific Rim Island? How do our intelligence, imagination and faith enable us to survive and gain strength when our worlds become unrecognizable?
“Cecilia’s Last Tea Party” by Russell Davis, making its New York debut at The Roxbury Arts Group, will show us how one spunky preteen struggles with these questions. Part Alice in Wonderland and part coming of age story, it will take audiences on a wonderfully theatrical, mysterious, humorous and moving ride.

Malcolm and Ellen Hughes are enjoying a visit from daughter Janet Engelhaupt and her children: Rachel, Amber and Nicholas from St. John, Indiana. The Hughes’ son Randy spent about a week in Roxbury enjoying time with his parents and family from Indiana before his departure in his “big rig” to make cross-country deliveries.

The 2008 RCS Alumni Association Annual Banquet was held Saturday, July 19 at Shephard Hills Golf Course outdoors on the patio under the tent. Sixty-seven alumni and 29 guests gathered to catch up on old times, with plentiful conversation and good food, provided by Mary’s Cookin’ Again and dancing under the stars.

Kendra L. Hinkley of Roxbury, a travel and tourism management major at the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi, has qualified for the Honor List for the spring semester. Honor List students are those whose academic average is between 3.5 and 3.74.