Donation made
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
Receives trophy
Dallas Post/Joan Kingsbury
tion program writing contest. Ryan, a sixth grader in the
Lake-Lehman School District, recently received his trophy at
an awards assembly at the school. Shown above, from left,
American Foreign Studies Pror-
ams (AFSP), a non-profit organiza-
tion dedicated to achieving better
world understanding, is busily
recruiting families to host French
students for four weeks this
summer. There are so many enthu-
siastic French teens whose dream it
is to share the life of an American
family.
Approximately 10 families in the
Wyoming Valley Area are already
involved in preparing for their stu-
dents’ arrival. Ten to 15 more fami-
— People in
KAREN J. DOMBEK, daughter of
David Dombek of Wyoming Avenue,
Dallas, and Paula L. Priebe
science degree with a major in
biology from Bucknell University at
commencement
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Names to the Dean’s List for the
same period were Kevin Brown,
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Local AARP
group meets
The Luzerne County Chapter
AARP met recently in the Commu-
nity Room of Pomeroy’s at the
Wyoming Valley Mall, with Jerry
Fritzen, president, presiding.
Nancy Valunas, community rela-
tions representative, McDonald's
Golden Arches presented ‘‘Golden
Arches Club” cards to the members
and explained McDonald’s senior
citizen discount program.
Beatrice Martin, RN, patient edu-
cation; Ellen Fuller, dietician,
nutritionist; and Jerry Maloney,
pharmacist, all from the NPW Med-
ical Center, presented a movie deal-
ing" with hypertension and ‘related
The local AARP Chapteriwilk-offer
on Sept. 19 and 20 at Pomeroy’s
Auditorium, Wyoming Valley Mall.
This course, designed specifically
to help older drivers improve their
driving skills, encompasses a pro-
gram using color slides and tapes in
the various segments of its presen-
tation and is the first of its kind to
be offered in Luzerne County.
Class size is limited and fee for
the course is $7.00 per person. Those
interested should make check or
money order payable to AARP and
send to Jerry Fritzen, 115 8S.
Thomas Ave., Edwardsville, Pa.
18704.
The newly-organized Luzerne
County chapter meets every third
Monday of the month, with the
exception of July and August, at
Pomeroy’s Auditorium, Wyoming
Valley Mall. Luzerne County resi-
dents holding National AARP mem-
bership are urged to attend. All
interested persons 50 or older are
invited to join.
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Program presented
Denise Thompson, Jack Jones,
Patrick Farrell and Melissa Malonis.
About 250,000. older Pennsylvani-
ans - possibly more if their applica-"
tions are submitted within a week -
were expected to have identification
cards for the new state Pharmaceu-
tical Contract for the Elderly
(PACE) program when it began
July 1, state Secretary of Aging
Gorham L. Black, Jr. said recently.
Black emphasized, ‘There is no
deadline for submitting PACE appli-
cations - it should be an ongoing
process for eligible seniors when
they reach age 65 - but if an eligible
person is now 65, he or she can still
get an ID card in time for the
program’s start.”
Black noted that the program is
not retroactive and seniors can
obtain PACE discounts on pre-
scribed medicines only after they
obtain an ID card. Applications for
ID cards can be secured at pharma-
cies, senior citizen centers, legisla-
tos; offices and are agencies on.
aging.
Under the PACE program, Penn-
sylvania residents age 65 and older
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cines’ at participating pharmacies
for only $4 per prescription.
Black said that seniors should find
it convenient to purchase their pre-
scription medinies because to
believe we have worked out most of
the kinks, and that the area agen-
cies on aging and the contractor
that is operating the program have
donate more than 2,600 pharmacies
done an admirable job in signing up
have registered to participate in the
So many seniors,” Black said.
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