Lute's hidden identity Mormon genealogists unearth the family name from Norway (The Arizona Daily Star via Yahoo! News)
During a genealogy presentation by local members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday, University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson learned that Olson wasn't always his family name. For generations, his family used the surname of Pukerud, which was spelled Pugerud when his ancestors lived in Norway.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Membership Drive: White Mills Fire & Ambulance is having a membership drive and looking for volunteers to become EMT personnel, drivers or firefighters. Call 253-4433 or 253-7933.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Membership Drive: White Mills Fire & Ambulance is having a membership drive and looking for volunteers to become EMT personnel, drivers or firefighters. Call 253-4433 or 253-7933.

Idle Worship: Greg Whiteley's "New York Doll" (indieWIRE)
"Rock history," as we know it, fueled by the obsessiveness and stunted adolescent Romanticism of its worse (and more numerous) chroniclers, basically consists of a heap of cliches so rancid that even calling them out for their rottenness has become a bit hackneyed.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Study Group: The Himalayan Institute Main Street, 630 Main St., Honesdale, will hold a Radical Healing study group session from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24. The session, named after a book written by Rudolph Ballentine, M.D., will examine how alternative therapies complement modern medicine.

Couple to copy probate records (Bangor Daily News)
BANGOR - An Oxford couple will be working to help preserve probate records in Penobscot County and, in doing so, will be making those records more accessible.

Couple to copy probate records (Bangor Daily News)
BANGOR - An Oxford couple will be working to help preserve probate records in Penobscot County and, in doing so, will be making those records more accessible.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Coin Collectors: A coin club will meet from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the Wayne County Visitors Center, Commercial Street, Honesdale. All are welcome.

Couple to copy probate records (Bangor Daily News)
BANGOR - An Oxford couple will be working to help preserve probate records in Penobscot County and, in doing so, will be making those records more accessible.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Halloween Parade: Honesdale Area Jaycees host the annual Halloween Parade for area children, Thursday, Oct. 27 (rain date Oct. 28); lineup is at 6:30 p.m. at the 4th Street end of Main Street and the parade is at 7 p.m. They march to the YMCA on Park Street for cider and donuts, costume judging and prizes.

Blast From Your (Genetic) Past (SiliconIndia)
Amar Akbar Anthony. Namak Halaal. Laawaris. These are three Hindi films among many others that share an intriguing premise. Family members, separated by fate, are joyfully reunited at the end of a tumultuous and entertaining melodrama.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Study Group: The Himalayan Institute Main Street, 630 Main St., Honesdale, will hold a Radical Healing study group session from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24. The session, named after a book written by Rudolph Ballentine, M.D., will examine how alternative therapies complement modern medicine.

Columnist Tom Gorman: Finding a neighbor in the Las Vegas Valley he can really get to know (Las Vegas Sun)
Tom Gorman's column appears Sunday, Wednesday and Friday in the Sun. He can be reached at 259-2310 or tom.gorman@lasvegassun.com. In the few weeks we've lived here, my neighbors remain mostly a mystery to me.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Crafters Wanted: The Wallenpaupack South Elementary School PTO is seeking crafters for a holiday festival to be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. To reserve a space, call Bridget Weber at 676-9565.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Crafters Wanted: The Wallenpaupack South Elementary School PTO is seeking crafters for a holiday festival to be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. To reserve a space, call Bridget Weber at 676-9565.

Idle Worship: Greg Whiteley's "New York Doll" (indieWIRE)
"Rock history," as we know it, fueled by the obsessiveness and stunted adolescent Romanticism of its worse (and more numerous) chroniclers, basically consists of a heap of cliches so rancid that even calling them out for their rottenness has become a bit hackneyed.

Chapter 8: The Lunt family (Arizona Daily Star)
My relatives were among those who lined up before sunrise behind grower Heaton Lunt's wooden house to work in the onion and potato fields.

Couple to copy probate records (Bangor Daily News)
BANGOR - An Oxford couple will be working to help preserve probate records in Penobscot County and, in doing so, will be making those records more accessible.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Crafters Wanted: The Wallenpaupack South Elementary School PTO is seeking crafters for a holiday festival to be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. To reserve a space, call Bridget Weber at 676-9565.

Columnist Tom Gorman: Finding a neighbor in the Las Vegas Valley he can really get to know (Las Vegas Sun)
Tom Gorman's column appears Sunday, Wednesday and Friday in the Sun. He can be reached at 259-2310 or tom.gorman@lasvegassun.com. In the few weeks we've lived here, my neighbors remain mostly a mystery to me.

Blast From Your (Genetic) Past (SiliconIndia)
Amar Akbar Anthony. Namak Halaal. Laawaris. These are three Hindi films among many others that share an intriguing premise. Family members, separated by fate, are joyfully reunited at the end of a tumultuous and entertaining melodrama.

LOCAL SCENE (The Wayne Independent)
Sunset Walk: The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a free sunset walk at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Lacawac Sanctuary. To register or obtain directions, call 689-9494, visit www.lacawac.org, or e-mail director@lacawac.org .

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Crafters Wanted: The Wallenpaupack South Elementary School PTO is seeking crafters for a holiday festival to be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. To reserve a space, call Bridget Weber at 676-9565.

LOCAL SCENE (The Wayne Independent)
Sunset Walk: The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a free sunset walk at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Lacawac Sanctuary. To register or obtain directions, call 689-9494, visit www.lacawac.org, or e-mail director@lacawac.org .

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Open House: Prompton Fire & Rescue Unit will hold an open house from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 at the fire hall. Tours, simulated fire drills and free blood pressure screenings will be given. More information: www.firepreventionweek.org.

Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
Crafters Wanted: The Wallenpaupack South Elementary School PTO is seeking crafters for a holiday festival to be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. To reserve a space, call Bridget Weber at 676-9565.