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Christmas Together Dinner feeds those in need of company

<p>Members of St. John the Baptist Church, Larksville, the Greater Federation of Women&#8217;s Clubs-West Side, and Sue Hand&#8217;s Studio came together to paint holiday and winter scenes on the windows of Community Counseling Services in Wilkes-Barre, all in memory of Edward Luksha, a former therapist at Community Counseling. This project is in its 18th year and is sponsored annually by sisters of Luksha, Rosemary Luksha and Barbara Roche of Larksville. Members of the three organizations, from left, first row, are: Jody Shimko, community counseling staff; Kiera Brown, Lexie Oster, Faith Christman, Samantha Weiss, Kira Zak, Samantha Packer, Kyra Yaglowski, Beth Hollinger, community counseling staff; and Rosemary Luksha, project coordinator. Second row: Nicole Delevan, Louis Zak, Irene Mackeiwicz, Linda McGeehan, Barbara Roche, project coordinator, Colleen Weiss. Third row: Maureen Rinehimer, Catherine Laskaris, Jackie Corbett, Deidre Kaminski, president, GFWC-West Side; Tony Bridges, Sharelle Bridges and Becky McCuen.</p><style>
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Community Counseling Services gets a holiday face lift