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Mira Nakashima donates Vessel of Light to auction
The Advance of Bucks County
September 24, 1998

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The Bucks County Peace Centers will hold its Harvest Dinner and Auction of Your Dreams at 5 p.m on October 4, at the Cock'n" Bull Restaurant, Peddler's Village, Lahaska.

The Auction will feature items that "feed the body and soul," including spa and massage treatments, vacations, fine dining, arts and entertainment.

Mira Nakashima is the daughter of the late George Nakashima, inter-nationally acclaimed Japanese-American woodworker from New Hope. George Nakashima's dream was to offer to each continent of the world a tangible focus for prayer and meditation: a Table/Altar for Peace,

Mira has continued the work of her father and is planning to send a peace table to Russia in time for the new millenium. She will be donating a new work of art, "Vessel of Light" to the auction.

A special item up for auction is a two-hour studio visit at WHYY with Marty Moss-Coane as she tapes her live radio show, "Radio Times" for National Public Radio.

The many other items to bid on include mid-week stays for two at Bally's Park Place and Caesar's Atlantic City Hotel Casino; A day in Washington with Congressman Greenwood. vacation homex on the New Jersey and North Carolina coasts for long weekend and full weeks, orchestra, ballet and theatre tickets, a wine tasting for ten people, an antique wedding dress, etc.

There will also be a silent auction during the social hour, which will begin at 5 p.m. A delicious dinner catered by the Cock n' Bull Restaurant will follow. Norval Reece, auctioneer, will conduct the auction.

Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for non-members. A special group rate for a table of 10 is $250. For information, contact the Peace Centers at 750-7220.

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