Ondish honored Manufacturers, Inc., left, Vivian Ondish, Quality Control Assistant at Offset Paperback Mirs., Inc. in Dallas, was named the firm’s “Employee of The Year” at a brief ceremony held recently at the Back Mountain Facility. She received this year’s award based upon voting of foremen and supervisors and was presented with an engraved silver mug for her exemplary service. Her name was also inscribed on a plaque, which will be displayed in the plant’s lobby. In addition to maintaining the highest quality control standards within the bindery department, she has frequently provided assistance to other production departments. Besides her normal job duties, Vivian has volunteered and assisted numerous employee committee to Study conducted Dallas Post/Ed Campbell at Offset Paperback and lan for 1983 efforts dealing with the firm’s United Way Campaign, Blood Donor Program, Cancer Society’s Plant Presentation Program as well as the Firm’s Annual Christmas Party and Summer Clambake. Vivian and her husband, George, reside at Orchard Road in Dallas. Her daughter Janet and grandson Billy also live in the area. developed fundraising class instructor; Jo Stern, Sr. Madeline Gill, student. A \ Carvel; ox Simcy 192° 1 -=—=—=—=—=—=Coupon Caniel, AMERICA'S FRESHEST ICE CREAM 9 THE ICE CREAM FACTORY, ) ICE CREAM FOUNTAIN SUNDAES regular low price absolutely FREE! cme ee U0dN0) mem mm = CARVEL ( ORPORATION 1981 PHONE 825-9222 - beaver | nt Races SHAWNEE MOUNTAIN has been selected as the site of the 1984 Grand Marnier Ski Club Challenge Mid-Atlantic Regional Champion- ships, Jan. 28-29, it was announced by Michael Roux, president of Caril- lon Importers, Ltd:, exclusive U.S. importers of the French liqueur. The winning team from the Shaw- nee Mt. regional earns an all- expense paid trip to Keystone, Colo- rado, representing the Mid-Atlantic region against six other regional champions at the Grand Marnier National Finals, April 8-14. Second place finishers also qualify to com- pete in the Grand Marnier nation- als. The Grand Marnier Ski Club Chal- lenge pits six-member ski clubs from across the country against each other in head-to-head giant slalom races. Each club team is composed of three male and three female amateur skiers. The Grand Marnier Ski Club Chal- lenge also is a fundraising program for the U.S. Ski Team and. is an industry support program of SKIING Magazine, administered by Action Sports Marketing, Inc. Clinics A STOP SMOKING PROGRAM, co-sponsored by the American Cancer: Society and the Rural Health Cqrporation, will be held on Jan. 17, 19, 24, and 26 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Kirby Health Center, 71 North Franklin Street, Wilkes- Barre. Reservations for ‘Fresh Start” may be made by calling 825-7763. The deadline for registering for this free clinic is Monday, Jan. 16. The facilitator for this program will be Joyce Decker of Rural Health. THE ARTHRITIS CLINIC at Nes- bitt Memorial Hospital will be con- ducted on Wednesday, Jan. 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the hospital’s Medical Arts Building, 53¢ Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. The program is under the direction of Dr. John Carey, rheumatologist. Arthritis patients are referred to the clinic by their personal physi- cian. Each patient is examined and their condition is evaluated. An individual treatment plan is then designed by Dr. Carey. The exami- nation includes x-rays, laboratory ment. A copy of the evaluation plan is forwarded to the patient’s physi- cian. Patients can make an appoint- ment for the clinic by calling the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Outpa- tient Registration office at 288-1411, extension 4130, Monday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI- TAL, Kingston will offer ‘Free’ Blood Pressure screenings through- out the month of January, 1984. All screenings are conducted from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each evening. Employees from Nesbitt Memo- rial Hospital volunteer their time to conduct the screenings assisted by community volunteers in conjunc- tion with the American Heart Asso- ciation. Clinics are scheduled on the fol- lowing dates at the following loca- tions: Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Nesbitt’s Heath Center, Narrows Shopping Center, Edwardsville. ‘Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Medi- cal Arts Building, 534 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. _Classes BEGINNER KNITTING CLASSES will be held on Monday, Jan. 16, 23, 30 and February 6 from 7-9 p.m. at the Church of Christ Uniting, Sprague and Market Streets, Kingston. These classes are sponsored by the Luzerne County Extension Serv- ice. Anyone over 19 is invited to attend. Pre-registration is neces- sary by calling the Luzerne County Extension Service at 825-1701. Throughout the four week course, the participants will learn how to cast on stitches, how to knit and purl, how to increase and decrease stitches, how to block a finished item and more. Each person will also complete several kniteed items. No previous knitting knowledge or experience is necessary. Gina Thackara of Kingston, an Extension volunteer, will be the instructor for the class. For more information contact Barbara Kosakowski, Extension Home Economist, at 825-1703. THE DALLAS BAND BOOSTERS will sponsor a jazzercise-aerobics class on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. beginning January 18 and con- tinuing through March 7. Classes will be held at the West- moreland Elementary School with Mrs, Karen Arnuad as the instruc- tor. Cost of the program is $12. For registration or further information, contact Ann Marie Niznik at 675- 2983 after 4 p.m. Meetings THE MONTHLY MEETING of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital's on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. at the hospital. For further information, contact General’s Social Services Depart- ment. THE ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP will conduct a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ Uniting, Market St., Kingston. THE BACK MOUNTAIN MEMO- RIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION will hold its annual meeting on Thurs- day, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m. in the annex of the library. This meeting is open to the general public. A LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOR EXHIBIT by artist Ed Parkinson will be displayed in College Miseri- cordia’s Art Gallery from Jan. 15 to Feb. 9. The opening reception will be held Sunday, Jan. 15, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The 38-year old artists lives in Sweet Valley and has worked in watercolor for eight years. The majority of his subject matter is from the mountain regions of Sus- quehanna and Wayne Counties. He studied with Edwinn Havas of Seton Hall College and has had work appear in several traveling and one-man shows. His pieces were on exhibit at the Marworth Center in Waverly, the University of Scran- ton and the 1983 Waverly Commu- nity House Art Show. The Art Gallery hours are Sunday through Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays by appointment. Programs NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI- TAL, in conjunction with Temple University School of Medicine, will conduct a lecture program entitled ‘Common Eye Problems in General Practice’’ on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. in the hospital’s Medical Arts Building Classroom, 534 Wyo- ming Ave., Kingston. Dr. James L. Cristol, assistant professor, Opthalmology, Temple University School of Medicine, will present the program. January’s lecture is the fifth in the hospital’s Continuing Physician Education Program which is con- ducted September through May under the direction of Dr. William H. Boyle, chairman of Nesbitt Memorial Hospital’s Education and Library Committee. A SPECIAL SEMINAR entitled “Perspectives on Prospective Reim- bursement’’ will be presented at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital on Tues- day, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. in the hospital dining room. The program will address the upcoming changes in the Medicare payment system which will become effective July 1, 1984. Dr. George B. Davis, Nesbitt Memorial Hospital chief of staff adn DRG coordinator, and Dr. William H. Boyle, chairman of the medical staff’s education and library com- mittee, invite all interested physi- cians in the Wyoming Valley to attend this important lecture. Local physicians can register for the seminar by contacting the hospi- tal at 288-1411 ext. 4000. The pro- gram is free and dinnerwill be served. Parties THE LADIES AUXILIARY of the Shavertown Fire Co. will hold a Bingo on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the fire hall. More than 200 courses will be offered by Wilkes College this spring through its Graduate and Part-time Undergraduate Program. Registrations for the Spring Semes- ter are now being accepted with formal registration set for Monday, Jan. 16 and Tuesday, Jan. 17 between 8:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. in Sturdevant Hall on campus. As part of its program, Wilkes offers a Weekend College on the campus of Keystone Junior College in LaPlume. Through this program, students may obtain a baccalau- reate degree by attending classes on ong A South Franklin Street Wilkes-Barre Phone 825-3457 every third weekend in LaPlume. Registration for Weekend College classes will be held on January 6 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Keystone. Weekend College classes will be held from Jan. 6 to April 15. In the undergraduate division, Wilkes will offer courses in account- ing, aerospace studies, anthropol- ogy, biology, business administra- tion, chemistry, communication studies, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, eco- nomics, education, engineering, English, French, history, mathe- maties, musie, nursing, philosophy, physics, political science, psychol- ogy, sociology, Spanish and speech. Graduate courses will be offered in biology, business administration, chemistry, computer science, edu- cation, English, history, mathemat- ies and political science. Wilkes is also offering courses at Hazleton State General Hospital in art, English, history, physical edu- cation, psychology, and sociology. Classes for the Graduate and Part-time Undergraduate Program will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Course schedules are available by calling Wilkes at 824-4651, ext. 380. The Trucksville Nursery School will resume classes this week. Classes are offered to children ages 2%, to 5 years old. There are a few openings in both the two-day afternoon program and the one-day afternoon program. Some of the winter activities planned for the children include creative activities dealing with themes on winter weather, hyberna- tion, winter in the south and moods and emotions. Some of the classes will also visit Frances Slocum Park. For information, contact Director Linda Mazur at the Trucksville United Methodist Church office. The school is located in the Education Building on Church Road in Trucks- ville. The Back, Mountain Jaycees helped spread holiday cheer recently at the Meadows Nursing Center by donating a number of fruit baskets to the Center’s resi- dents. Participants in the project were Charles Kishbaugh, Chairman of the project; Helen Chamberlain, resi- dent at the Center; Craig Tupper, Mark Engler, Jim Regan, Joe Rub- bico, president; Jeff TRownend, Gs * w Ben Uzdilla. spe * Pulsar Watches e Charms » All Cocktail Rings ¢ Diamond Engagement Rings ¢ Chains * Wedding Bands ey
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