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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
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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.
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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,
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