Musicale set
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Deric Petrini,
and Todd Honderd.
Parks
SHAWNEE PLACE, the Poconos
only kid powered Play Park, opened
weekends beginning May 5. The
hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6
By. with daily hours starting
onday, May 28.
Entering its third year of opera-
tion, the popular play park features
with ball crawls, net climbs, cable
glide and the cloud bounce, just to
name a few. Snack bar, game room,
gift shop, picnic grove and scenic
chairlift rides to the top of Shawnee
Mountain are also part of the facili-
ties.
. Shawnee Place is located off
Route 209 North, just off Interstate
80, Exit 52 at Shawnee Mountain Ski
Area. For information about group
and combination packages, call
(717) 421-7231 or write: Box 93,
Shawnee-on-Delaware, PA 18356 for
a brochure.
Socials
THE MAPLE GROVE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: will: hold ‘an
a d-fashioned Ice Cream Social on
turday, May 19, at 4:30 p.m.,
ream.
The Church is located near the
intersection of Routes 118 and 29 on
the Main Road in Sweet Valley.
THE FAIRMOUNT TOWNSHIP
VOLUNTEER FIRE CO. will spon-
sor a dance, Saturday, May 19, 8
p.m-12 a.m. The dance will be held
Route 118.
_ Music will be provided by the Guy
Ambrose Band. Price is $3.00 per
person.
Programs
THE OFFICE FOR FAMILY
LIFE, Diocese of Scranton, will
sponsor a Leadership Training Pro-
gram for Pre-Cana Team Couples
on the evenings of Wednesday, May
23 and May 30 at.7:30 p.m. in St.
Nicholas Church Community Room,
226 S. Washington St. Wilkes-Barre.
we program is: open to current
past team couples and directors
in the Diocese, as well as new
couples and priests interested in
joining a team. The purpose of the
leadership training is to offer skills
in effective presentations and lead-
ing small group discussions, te
explore new ideas in programming
as well as to affirm couples sharing
in the ministry to the engaged.
Marries couples interested in
becoming part of the Marriage
Preparation Program’ should con-
tact the Office for Family Life, 717-
346-8921 for information.
Meetings
THE BOOK CLUB of the Back
Mountain Memorial Library will
meet Monday, May 21 at 1:30 p.m.
in the annex. Hostess will be Mrs.
Abraham Kurtz. The program will
be a short talk by Nancy Eckert on
the new library rules. Nancy
Kozemchak will also speak. Guests
are welcome.
THE LUZERNE COUNTY FIRE
POLICE ASSOCIATION will meet
Wednesday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. at
Fairmount Township Fire Co.
THE EXETER-WYOMING AREA
SUPPORT GROUP for Separated
and Divorced, sponsored by the
Office for Family Life, Diocese of
Scranton, will meet on Thursday,
May 17 at 8 p.m. at St. Cecilia’s
Parish Center, 1600 Wyoming St.,
Exeter.
“Legal Divorce: Reaping the
Whirlwind’® will be the topic for
discussion. Attorney John O’Connor
of Kingston will discuss the new
divorce code and the alternatives to
the way a divorce is achieved. Atty.
O'Connor will also focus on alter-
nate ways to handle situations such
as custody, child support, alimony,
and division of property. The Office
for Family Life sponsors six area
Support Groups for Separated and
Divorced as well as the Beginning
divorced, and widowed.
Information on the support groups
and applications for the Beginning
Experience Weekend may be
obtained by contacting the Office
for Family Life, 346-8921.
THE LUZERNE COUNTY READ-
ING COUNCIL is holding its final
meeting this year on Thursday, May
17, at The Best Western Genetti
Motor Inn and Convention Center,
Wilkes-Barre. The dinner meeting
will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
with entree choices of baked ham or
roast chicken. After dinner, election
and installation of 1984-85 officers
will take place.
Plan to arrive early as dinner
begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. Reser-
vations are required. For more
information, please write: Luzerne
County Reading Council, 45 High-
land Drive, Wilkes-Barre 18705, or
call 823-7275 or 472-9111.
ROBERT ABEN, president of
Unigraphic Color Corporation,
located in Plymouth, invites mem-
bers of the Greater Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Commerce to a Mem-
bership Mixer on May 23 at Uni-
graphic.
675-8333
The mixer will be held from 5:30-
7:30 p.m. Chamber members are
asked to bring their business cards
to exchange with each other.
Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to Debbie Zurinski
at the Chamber by calling 823-2101.
All members are encouraged to
attend.
THE DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1975 will meet on Thurs-
day, May 17, at 7 p.m. at the Mark
II Restaurant, Dallas, to organize
its 10th anniversary reunion.
Anyone interested in assisting
with the teunion should call Anne
Gray Crompton at 696-2347.
THE LAKE-LEHMAN E.C.I.A.
CHAPTER I STAFF will conduct a
meeting on Wednesday, May 16, at 6
p.m. in the Lehman-Jackson Ele-
mentary Cafeteria for all parents
who have children attending Chap-
ter I Reading or Math classes.
The purpose of this meeting is to
explain to parents the programs and
activities provided with funds made
available under this chapter.
Following the meeting, a “Make
and Take’ workshop will be con-
ducted, and refreshments will be
served.
THE DADDOW-ISAACS AMERI-
CAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT
672 will meet at the Post Home,
Memorial Highway, Dallas on
Thursday, May 17 at 8 p.m. Presi-
dent Marion Harvey will preside.
Courses
THE VIETNAM WAR, in all its
political, military, economic and
human dimensions; will be the sub-
ject of a unique course to be offered
this summer by Luzerne County
Community College.
The Vietnam course is a three-
credit hour course presented on an
independent study basis, with no
formal classroom attendance
required, allowing students to pace
their own rate of progress.
Fred Walters, instructor for
“Vietnam.” notes that the course
will utilize ‘mixed media.” For
example, the text will be ‘‘Viet-
nam,’ the current bestseller on the
war by Stanley Karnow, and stu-
dents may view videotaped seg-
ments of ‘Vietnam: A Television
History,” the 13-part PBS documen-
tary series, at the Programmed
Study Center on the main campus of
LCCC at Nanticoke. The series has
been acclaimed as the first compre-
hensive, objective account of the
Vietnam War and its continuing
legacy.
“Vietnam” may be obtained by
calling the Luzerne County Commu-
nity College TeleCollege Hotline at
829-7423. Registration at the main
campus will be held on Wednesday,
June 6.
THE OFFICE OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION at Luzerne County
Community College is sposnoring a
major selling program on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, May 18, 19
and 20 at the Educational Confer-
ence Center.
The complete Master Selling
course will focus on every step of
the selling process--prospécting,
professional contact, qualifying the
‘buyer, presentation and demonstra-
tion skills, overcoming objections
Tom Hopkins, the nation’s
number one sales trainer, will be
the instructor for the program. His
best-selling book, ‘How to Master
the Art of Selling,” is the top sales
training book in the United States.
For further information on the
program, or to register to attend,
contact the Office of Continuing
Education at Luzerne County Com-
Hopkins Training Center (215) 735-
3083.
THE OFFICE OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION at Luzerne County
Community College will offer golf
clinics for boys and girls in the age
groups of 9 through 12 years old and
13 through 18 years old, beginning
his month, at the college gymna-
sium on the main campus in Nanti-
coke.
The clinic or 13 to 18 year olds
will be held on Monday evenings,
from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 28, June 4
and June 11. The clinic for 9 through
12 year olds will be held on Tuesday
evenings, from 6 to 8 p.m., on June
5, 12 and 19. Instructor for the
clinics is Carlyle Robinson.
Topics such as golf terminology
etiquette of play, full and half-swing
mechanics, grip, stance, alignment,
chipping, patching‘and putting will
be. reviewed at the clinic. Basic
skills instruction will be provided
through lecture, demonstration and
participation. Students are required
to provide their own clubs, from the
5 through 9 irons and a putter.
Tuition cost for the clinic is $10.50
per person. For further information,
or to register to attend, contct the
Office of Continuing Educaiton at
LCCC, 829-7482.
Workshops
THE LAKE-LEHMAN E.C.I.A.
CHAPTER I READING-MATH
STAFF, along with the Parent
Advisory Council, will conduct their
sixth “Make and Take” workshop
on Wednesday, May 16, from 7 p.m.
to 9 p:m. in the Lehman-Jackson
Elementary School Cafeteria.
The purpose of this program is to
combine the efforts of both parents
and teachers of the remedial stu-
dents to create games and activites
that can be used during the summer
to help students maintain Reading
and Math skills. .
Chapter I staff members will be
present to assist parents. These
include: Molly Simonds, Ed Lada-
mus, Marie Borton, Gerald Gizen-
ski, Terry Piatkowski, Joan Roskos,
Peter Blat, Carle Welter, Drena
Gorgone and Dave Smith.
Refreshments will be served.
All parents of children in the
District are invited to attend.
Theater
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO
ATTEND the free performance of
“Touch It Where It hurts,” a 30-
minute play about the problems of
arhtritis, on Tuesday, May 22, at 7
p.m. at the John Heinz Institute,
Physical Therapy Room, 99 Mundy
Street, Wilkes-Barre. For more
information, call Ruth Kemmerer at
825-8685.
A discussion will follow the per-
formance which is sponsored by the
Luzerne County Unit of the Arthritis
Foundation and the Philadelphia
Plays for Living. “Touch It Where
It Hurts” focuses on the physical
and emotional difficulties of coping
with arthritis and its impact on
family life.
The Luzerne County Unit of the
Arthritis Foundation is part of the
only national voluntary health asso-
ciation dedicated to finding the
cause and cure for arthritis, the
nation’s number one crippling dis-
ease. For more information about
local services or for free literature,
call the Arthritis Foundation at 1-
800-322-9040 toll-free.
Seminars
PENSEE MEDICAL CORPORA-
TION, in conjunction with Penox
Technologies, Inc. and Guardian
Health Care Products, will sponsor
a one day seminar on the impact of
the Medicare Prospective Payment
System on various areas of the
Health Care Industry.
The seminary; to be held on June
13 in the LCCC Education Center wil
Ibe highlighted by the participation
of prominent members of the
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Health Care
and Educational Community.
Among the areas to be addressed
will be the new regulation’s impact
on Hospital Administration, Dis-
charge Planning, Purchasing and
Materials Management, Nursing,
Health Care and Medical careers
and the Patient in transition.
The seminar will begin with regis-
tration at 8:30 a.m. with the pro-
gram continuing from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. A buffet lunch will be served.
The seminar is free and is open to
physicians, nurses, health care
administrators, health care educa-
tors and senior citizens and social
service agencies.
An open invitation has been
extended to the public to attend the
29th annual Fine Arts Fiesta, to be
presented on Public Square in
Wilkes-Barre, May 17-20.
The entire fiesta, dedicated to the
visual and performing arts, is
presented “as a gift from the arts to
the people of the community.”
Admission to all exhibits and per-
formances is free.
On opening day of the Fiesta,
Thursday, May 17, a continuous
program will begin at 11:30 a.m.,
with an organ interlude, followed by
performances of various area high
school bands, choruses, dancers and
jazz ensembles. The Wilkes-Barre
Area School District All-Area
Orchestra, under the direction of
Mike Lisko, will present a one-hour
program beginning at 6 p.m., with
brief opening ceremonies at 7:15
p.m. All exhibits and food: services
will be available continuously
during Fiesta hours.
The Fiesta’s opening night pro-
gram will include “The Barbershop-
pers’ under the direction of Ray
Platsko. Thursday evening’s pro-
gram will conclude with a concert
by Sinfonia da Camera, Ferdinand
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Liva, Conductor.
Each day thereafter, the fiesta
will present a continuous program
of activities following the same pat-
tern. Complete hour-by-hour pro-
grams will be publicized prior to the
fiesta, and printed copies of the
program will be distributed at the
Gazebo on Public Square. Already
scheduled are bands, choruses, folk
and ballet dancing, drama, musi-
cals, and other outstanding per-
formances.
In addition to the elaborate pro-
gram of Performing Arts, a Juried
Art Exhibition, selected from
craftsmen from Northeastern Penn-
sylvania. The entries will be judged
by nationally-recognized artrist
Jane Mitchell.
The fiesta will also feature the
Northeastern Pennsylvania Arts
Alliance’s traveling ‘‘Arts-on-the-
go’ Visual Arts Exhibition, which
includes 64 items by 34 nationally
and internationally recognized art-
ists.
The Crafts-in-Action Committee
has planned a series of scheduled
crafts demonstrations throughout
May is Mother's Day
Month & Jay Dee The
Sneaker King is honoring
all women with his exclu-
sive FREE Polo Offer.
With any pair of NIKE
athletic footwear of $20
or more you'll receive a
free quality NIKE Polo
Shirt Valued at $13.00.
White bodies: with con-
trasting sleeves = and
several colors to choose
from. (Sizes S, M, L)
Those interested in attending
8280 during normal business hours.
Auctions
Annual Auction on Saturday, June 9,
Show Grounds.
Refreshments will be available.
Church
will meet on Monday evening, May
21 at 8 p.m. in the Church Social
Room.
Irma Eicke, Lillian Letukas, and
Marion Whitney.
There will be ‘a white elephant.
sale, so come join us for an evening
of Christian fellowship and enjoy-.
ment.
METHODIST CHURCH,
Pioneer Ave., Shavertown,
announces the following schedule.
Sunday,
Church School;
Wert’s message: ‘‘The Way to
7:30 p.m., Spring Concert.
Monday, May 21 - 12:30 p.m.
Ruth Circle; 7:30 p.m., Board of
Trustees meeting; 7:30 p.m., Edu-
cation committee meeting; 8 p.m.
Mary Circle.
Tuesday, May 22 - 8 p.m., Wills
and legacies seminar by the Stew-
ardship committee.
Wednesday, May 23 - 7:15 p.m.,
Bible study; 7:30 p.m., Forum-link-
ing the churches to chase.
Thursday, May 24 - 10:30 a.m.
Bible study; 7:30 p.m. Stewardship
rehearsal.
Dinners
THE NORTHEASTERN
SYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE
PERFORMING ARTS will hold its
First Annual Womens Fundraising
Dinner on Tuesday evening, May 2,
at Augustine’s Ristorante, South
Faye Brown, Director of In Vogue
School of Modeling, is Honorary
Chairwoman for the dinner.
The fundraising dinner is directed
towards women who have an inter-
est in or a connection with the
performing arts.
Reservations are required and
can be made by calling the AE,
at 824-5648 or 824-3616. A tax deduct-
ible donation of $50.00 per person,
which includes tax and gratuity for
in advance, will secure a reserva-
tion.
Thursday
Fiesta will see a ‘‘diverse presenta-
tion of exciting contemporary crafts
and have an opportunity to observe
accomplished craftspeople in
action.’
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