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receiving tickets for the 13th season
of the Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Philharmonic according to Execu-
. tive Director Sally E. Preate. The
tickets will be mailed the second
week in September in time for the
gala season opener, ‘A Ninth To
~ Remember’’, the last weekend in
~ September. The orchestra will per-
form the all Beethoven concert Sat-
~_urday, Sept. 29 in Wilkes-Barre, and
~ Sept. 30 in Scranton.
Mrs. Preate noted that 90 percent
of the seats were reserved before
the concerts last season and that
‘standing room” was sold for two of
the performances. Persons inter-
| ested in subscription information
| are asked to call the Philharmonic
‘Hotline 342-0920 or 287-1916.
THE WILKES AND FRIENDS
CHAMBER PLAYERS under the
direction of Dr. Herbert Garber,
will soon begin their 1984-85 per-
- formance season.
| Dr. Garber, associate professor of
music, said string players from the
community are invited to join.
Interested musicians may contact
him at 824-4651 ext. 356.
d Currently in its sixth year, the
| group is composed of people from
| Wilkes College, other local colleges,
| high schools, and the community.
Rehearsals are held Tuesday even-
. ings in the chorus room of Darte
Hall, on the Wilkes campus.
Church
: ENDAR OF EVENTS for the Shav-
~ ertown United Methodist Church:
Teachers Recognition Dinner; 7:15
p.m. Bible Study.
Thursday, Sept. 20 - 10:30 a.m.
Bible Study; 6:45 p.m., Junior
| Choir; 7 p.m., Calling and Caring;
B® 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir.
Saturday, Sept. 22 - Back Moun-
tain Youth Paper Drive.
Courses
~ *THE CONTINUING EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT of Luzerne County
Community College will offer an
eight week professional mixology
‘and bar management course of the
Fall semester at the college’s main
campus in Nanticoke.
ie The course, which is designed to
| prepare students for direct employ-
ment in the bar and restaurant
- industry, will be offered in two
tract, allowing the students the free-
dom of choosing the most accommo-
dating time. The course will be
offered on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m., beginning Sept. 29 through
‘Dec. 8; and on Mondays and Tues-
days, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., beginning
Sept. 24 through Dec. 3. ;
_For further information on the
Professional Bar Management Pro-
gram at Luzerne County Commu-
- nity College, or to register to attend,
contact the Office of Continuing
Education, 829-7477.
. “COMPUTER LITERACY AND
BASIC PROGRAMMING FOR
- TEACHERS” will be held Septem-
ber 25 and 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the
IBM Lab at College Misericordia.
Course fee is $50 and Joseph Kon-
nick is the instructor. For informa-
tion, call the Continuing Education
‘Office at 675-2181, ext. 331.
~ THE U.S. COAST GUARD AUX-
'ILIARY Flotilla 5-15 of Wilkes-
Barre is conducting a 13-week tui-
tion-free course in boating skills and
seamanship beginning September 25
at King’s College.
~~ This course is primarily for
motorboat operators and will
require a slight charge for materi-
| als only. Some of the subjects to be
| covered include Handling Rules of
. the Road, Legal Requirements,
Piloting, and Marine Engines.
: Upon completion of the course, a
certificate will be presented which
is acceptable at’ most insurance
companies for a discount in bot
insurance.
For more information, call 824-
1469, 829-0886, 779-9749.
THE OFFICE OF CONTINUING
| EDUCATION at Luzerne County
| Community College is offering a
| Professional Waiter and Waitress
Training Program for the Fall
semester beginning Tuesday, Sept.
' 25, through Thursday, Nov. 8.
‘The course, which will meet for 14
| sessions on Tuesday and Thursday
ol evenings, from 6:30 to 10, will be
| conducted at Gus Genetti’s in
Wilkes-Barre.
| Designed to meet the needs of
i: local and county restauranteurs in
providing individuals with the
knowledge and experience of
~ improved table service techniques,
successful completion of the pro-
gram will equip the student with all
facets of food service from counter
and dining room to catering and
‘buffet service at a private home.
~The training program is open to
anyone 18 years of age and older.
No prior experience is necessary.
For further information on the
Professional Waiter and Waitress
Program at Luzerne County Com-
attend, contact the Office of Contin-
uing Education, 829-7477.
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THE WESTMORELAND ELE-
MENTARY SCHOOL P.T.O. is spon-
soring an eight week session of
Jazzercize classes instructed by
Mrs. Karen Arnaud, beginning
Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. in the
school cafeteria, South Lehigh
Street, Trucksville.
Classes wil Ibe held on Tuesdays
and Thursdays offering a choice of 8
classes for $12.00 or 16 classes for
$20.00. .
Registration will be held the first
Tuesday and Thursday of classes
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
For more information please con-
tact Mrs. Rose Rinehimer at 675-
5806.
“CAREER STRESS IN THE
HELPING PROFESSION,” will be
held September 29 from 1 to 4 p.m.
in Kennedy Lounge at College Mis-
ericordia. Course fee is $15 and
instructor is J. Earl Stanton, Jr.,
A.C.S.W. For information, call the
Continuing Education Office, at 675-
2181, ext. 331.
“THE PIRATES OF PENZ-
ANCE,” one of the most amusing of
the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas;
will be featured at the Pocono
Playhouse during its newly-
extended Fall season. The popular
musical begins its engagement on
Sept. 18 and runs two weeks through
Sept. 30.
The tale of a young man who is
mistakenly apprenticed as a pirate
(instead of a ship’s pilot) due to an
error on the part of his hard-of-
hearing nursemaid continues its
merry mix-up as the hero’s birthday
falls on the 29th of February - Leap
Year.
‘“The Pirates of Penzance’ will be
performed Tuesday through Friday
at 8:30 p.m., Saturday 5 and 9,
Sunday at 6, and the Matinee on
Wednesday at 2 p.m. Call the
Pocono Playhouse, box-office in
Mountainhome, PA for further
information and convenient ticket
reservations (717) 595-7456. Tickets
are also available at the Jermyn
Motor Inn, Scranton, (717) 346-1666,
Glinsky’s Drug Store, Honesdale,
(717) 253-1390, Wyckoff Travel
Bureau in Stroudsburg, (717) 421-
4190, AAA of Wilkes-Barre (717) 825-
6608, Sheraton Pocono Inn, Strouds-
burg, (717) 424-1930, Buck Hill Inn,
Buck Hill Falls, (717) 595-7441.
SHAWNEE PLAYHOUSE wel-
comes Autumn with its final produc-
tion of the season Gypsy, which
runs through November 18.
Gypsy is a nostalgic look at the
days of vaudeville and burlesque. It
describes stage motherhood, traces
a path to stardom and reveals the
comedic and rough unveilings of
show business life. Gypsy is based
on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
and was knit together by the same
three brilliant craftsman who gave
you West Side Story. The score for
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this Broadway landmark includes
“Let Me Entertain You”, “All I
Need Is The Girl” and ‘“Every-
thing’s Coming Up Roses”.
Shawnee Playhouse is open from
April to November with a Handel's
Messiah Sing in December and is
located in Shawnee-on-Delaware,
Pennsylvania, just off Exit 52 of
Interstate 80. Reservations are
highly recommended and can be
made by calling the toll free 1-800-
The performance schedule for
Gypsy will include matinees at 2
and evening performances at 8 p.m.
Shawnee Playhouse is the poconos
only Repertory Company.
Programs
IN RESPONSE TO A NATIONAL
AWARENESS to upgrade the qual-
ity of care provided to geriatric
patients in nursing homes, the
Office of Continuing Education at
Luzerne County Community College
will offer a six-week, non-credit
training program for Geriatric
Nursing Assistants.
The training program, which will
672 will hold its Fall meeting at the
Post Home, Memorial Highway,
Dallas, on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 8
p.m. Marion Harvey, president, pre-
siding.
THE COLWELL CLASS of the
Dallas United Methodist Church will
meet on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 7:30
p.m. at'the home of Miss Louise
Frantz, Machell Ave., Dallas. Betty
Weiss and Mary Reese are serving
on the committee. . :
A SPECIAL MEETING of all lot
owners of Evergreen Cemetery
Association will be held 3 p.m. on
Sept. 23, at Shavertown United
election of a new president and vice
president; other important matters
will be discussed.
THE LADIES SOCIETY OF ST.
LUKE’S CHURCH will hold a
Turkey Dinner on Sept. 22 beginning
at 5 p.m. at the Parish Hall, Main
Street, Noxen.
Tickets are $4.50 for adults and
$2.75 for children 10 and under.
Tickets may be obtained from any
classroom instruction and clinical
experience in a local nursing home.
Each student will work in a nursing
home for five hours a day on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
under the supervision of a clinical
instructor.
The classroom instruction will be
held at the LCCC main campus in
Nanticoke on Tuesdays and Thurs-
days, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The
classroom theory will include topics
such as the role and responsibilities
of the Geriatric Assistant, the orga-
nization of the health care team in a
long-term care facility and physiol-
ogical, psychological and sociologi-
cal changes in the aging.
Also to be discussed are abnormal
changes .in aging, nursing arts,
rehabilitation of the geriatric
patient, special care procedures,
and remotivation and resocializa-
tion.
The training program is open to
anyone 18 years of age or older, and
no prior experience in a health care
facility is necessary. All students
must have a high school diploma or
General Education Diploma (GED).
Students who successfully com-
plete the program will receive, in
addition to a Nursing Assistant Cer-
tificate, 15 Continuing Education
Units from Luzerne County Commu-
nity College.
For further information on the
Geriatric Nursing Assistant Pro-
gram, or to register to attend,
contact the Office of Continuing
Education, 829-7477.
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ANTHONY J. DIXON, ESQ., of
West Hazleton, will be the guest
speaker when the Wyoming Valley
Poetry Society begins another nine
-month season of meetings and activ-
ities on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7
p.m. The topic of Patents and Copy-
rights should be of interest to all
writers and creative people. The
meeting will be at The Alumni
House, 146 South River Street, on
the Wilkes-Barre campus.
A business meeting will be held
before 8 p.m. If time permits there
will be an open reading period after
the speaker concludes. Ron Turinski
is president and Michele Revitt is
public relations chairperson. All
interested persons are invited.
NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL AND THE AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION will present
an advanced cardiac life support
course to area health care profes-
sionals on Friday, Sept. 28, Satur-
day, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30,
in the Nesbitt Medical Arts Building
Auditorium adjacent to the hospital.
The program, sponsored by the
hospital’s education department,
offers organized instruction, update
and review of the principles and
current techniques required to pro-
vide the highest quality advanced
cardiac life support.
Participants must be medical,
nursing, paramedical or allied
health personnel whose daily occu-
pation demands proficiency in the
knowledge and skills of ACLS and
who are authorized by state law to
perform some or all of these func-
tions. Registrants must be currently
certified in Basic Life Support and
submit a copy of BLS with their
registration.
Interested applicants should con-
tact the hospital’s education depart-
ment, 288-1411, extension 4035, for
more information and registration.
NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL continues with its series of
lectures entitled “Living with Dia-
betes’ on Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 7
p.m. in the Medical Arts Building,
534 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston.
The featured topic will be
“Proper: Foot Care of the Diabetic
Patient.” Guest speaker Dr. Jay
Ochreiter, podiatrist, will empha-
size circulation, correct fitting of,
socks and shoes, and general clearffly
sing and examing,
Mary E. Stoneham, R.N., and
Mary L. Jones, R.D., will also be
available for any questions pertain-
ing to control of diabetes.
Sponsored free of charge by the
hospital’s Education and Dietary
departments, the seven part series
will conclude in October. All are
welcome to attend.
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