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Sales
THE KUNKLE UNITED METH-
ODIST WOMEN are sponsoring a
and 27. Cookies are $1.50 per dozen
and are being sold by order only.
Orders may be placed by calling
675-2622 or 675-1514 by Feb. 24.
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Meetings
THE REGULAR MONTHLY
MEETING of the Lake-Lehman
Board of School Directors will be
held on Thursday, Feb. 14, instead
of the regular meeting date, at 8
p.m. in the library of the Lehman-
Jackson Elementary School. Joseph
“Red” Jones, president, will pre-
side. Please note that this change in
February only.
Services
YOU’VE MADE ALL YOUR
PLANS for a foreign trip, and just
found out you need a birth certifi-
cate. You would like to go on a
sensible diet. You are concerned
abut your family getting the right
nutrition. You think your child may
have a speech or hearing problem.
These and other family health serv-
ices. are available free at your
Wilkes-Barre State Health Center
located at 297 South Main Street,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18701.
If you need additional information
Health Center, telephone number is
(717) 826-2071. *
THE PRISCILLA CIRCLE of the
Shavertown United Methodist
Church will meet on Tuesday, Feb.
19 at 8 p.m. in the Church Lounge.
Hostesses for the evening will be
Anne Jewell and Audrey Lutsey.
Devotions will be led by Pat Kirk.
The program, a review of the
recent autobiographies of the come-
dian George Burns, will be
presented by Helen Earles. Mr.
Burns, at 90 years of age and still
active in show business, offers some
advice on retirement and how to
enjoy life in later years to the
fullest. he was married to Gracie
Allen, and until her death hadone of
the most successful marriages in
Hollywood and one of the most
successful weekly TV show.
Beverly Bunney is chairperson of
the Priscilla Circle o the United
Methodist Women’s organization.
an invitation to interested women to
‘“‘come and look us over.”
all parent and band members will
be held Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 7:30
in the Senior High School Audito-
rium. The meeting is to discuss
plans for th upcoming band trip.
The annual Band Banquet will be
held March 8 at the Gus Genetti
Hotel. Reservation forms may be
obtained from the Band Office.
Returns must be made by March 1.
The students will be sponsoring
their annual citrus sale to help
defray costs for their upcoming
band trip and competition in Vir-
ginia. For further information con-
tact any band member.
THE WYOMING VALLEY
POETRY SOCIETY will once again
icelebrate St. Valentine’s Day at 7
p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the
South River Street, Wilkes-Barre,
on the Wilkes College campus.
After a short business meeting,
poems by membrs and their guests.
The meeting is free and open to the
public.
Events
PLANS FOR THE ANNUAL Past
President’s Roast were finalized at
Back Mountain Kiwanis’ Saturday
Breakfast meeting at Franklin’s
Restaurant in Dallas. Steve Klaboe
will be the ‘‘Roastee’’. Stuart
Oakley is chairman of the event
which will be held at Irem Temple
Country Club on Saturday, Feb. 16.
It will also be ‘Ladies Night.”
Members of the Tunkhannock
Kiwanis Club also attended this
meeting as an Inter-club bisit.
Concerts
THE MEN IN RED, the men’s
bined Concert at 8 p.m. on Friday,
March 8, at the Irem Temple, North
Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. Pro-
ceeds from the performance will
benefit the Shriner’s Charities and
St. Joseph’s Center, Scranton.
Tickets for the evening, which will
feature individual performances by
both groups along with several com-
bined productions are $3 and are
available from members of either
group or at the Irem Temple.
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS,
Fr. J.J. O'Leary Council 8224, of the
Back Mountain will hold its 2nd
Annual Spaghetti Supper on Thurs-
day, Feb. 14, at the Gate of Heaven
School Auditorium, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Takeouts available. Bring your own
container. Adults $2.50, children
$1.50. ; t
Mr. Nelson Downend is chairman
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with the following committee:
Bruce Boyle, Jerry Schmid, tickets,
Ernie Schmid, Lou Butera, Bob
Lukas, William Falzone, Ray Raya-
takas, James Reagan.
Programs
A DAY-LONG PROGRAM
designed to acquaint high achieve-:
ment high school students and their
parents with the Honors Program at
King’s College will begin at 9:30
a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16.
The Honors-For-A-Program, spon-
sored by the Center for Independent
Learning at King’s, is open to stu-
dents ranked in the top 20 percent of
their. high school graduating classes
or to students with Scholastic Apti-
tude Test (SAT) scores higher than
1000.
Deadline for registration is Feb.
8. Students can register by calling
the King’s College Admissions
Office at 826-5858.
Registration for students and
their parents will take place from
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on the day of
the program.
THE UNITED STATES ARMY
JAZZ BAND, ‘The Army Blues,”
will present a jazz concert at Col-
lege Misericorida, here, on Feb. 19,
at 8 p.m. in Walsh Auditorium.
An open clinic will be held at 2
p.m. in Walsh Auditorium, for jazz
enthusiasts, students and band
directors from local high schools.
The concert is co-sponsored by
WYZZ Radio and concludes the
Fifth Annual Big Band and Jazz
Festival sponsored by the radio
station.
The concert and clinic are open to
the public, without charge. For fur-
ther information, contact Ted Vere-
meychik at 675-2181, ext. 272.
PARENTS INTERESTED in their
child having one more year of
individual attention in a small group
should contact the Y for details on
their new kindergarten program
“The Learning Experience”. Regis-
tration is now being accepted for
September 1985.
The kindergarten class meets
Monday through Thursday from
9:30 am. to 1 p.m. The children
begin their day with a 45 minute
activity time choosing activities of
language, math, geography or sci-
ence. Circle time consists of prayer,
roll call, pledge of allegiance, calen-
dar and ‘sharing time. The class
then prepares for group instruction
of the Open Court Reading and
Math Program. The kindergarten
class has a 30 minute gym class
each day taught by gym instructor
Jane Weiss. Children bring their
own lunches and afterwards they
enjoy free time, games and a story.
The isntructor is Colleen Winegard
who has a B.S. in Education from
College Misericordia and is a certi-
fied Montessori Pre-Primary
teacher.
Class size is limited so call Mau-
reen judge at the Y for details at
823-2191.
THE GREATER WILKES-
BARRE YMCA will begin its new
gym sessions for pre-schoolers the
week of Feb. 18. Our pre-school gym
programs provide for the child’s
stimulation to help them grow and
explore their bodies through these
classes.
Classes are designed to be fun filled
as well as a learning experience.
One, Two and You is a program
for one and two year olds and a
parent. This parent-child opportun-
ity includes movement exploration
in gym, a water experience in the
pool, active listening, creative use
of equipment and parenting skills.
In learning movement skills, the
child acquires movement compe-
tency, learns what his body can do
and learns about himself and his
environment. One, Two and You is
offered as a 45 minute gym only or
as a 35 minute gym period with a 35
minute swim period.
Pre-school Gym and Swim is for
children 3, 4, and 5. Boys and girls
are supervised in a 35-minute gym
class and a 45 minute swim class.
The gym ‘class is designed to
develop co-ordination, flexibility,
endurance and self confidence.
Games and equipment work are
included. The swim class will intro-
duce basic swimming skills and
develop personal safety.
Pre-school gymnastic classes are
for boys and girls 3 to 5 years old.
This program will stress the devel-
opment of balance, muscular
strength, coordination and flexibil-
ity. The pre-schooler will be intro-
duced to the balance beam, uneven
bars and tumbling exercises.
Registration begins now, so if you
need further information about
these pre-school programs call the
YMCA at 823-2191.
Classes
A CREATIVE MOVEMENT
CLASS for 3, 4 and 5 year olds will
be introduced at the Wilkes-Barre
Family YMCA. This class will intro-
duce the children to basic rhythmic
Beginner ballet and simple dances
will be taught.
Instructor for this course is Jane
WEiss, Class will meet once a week
for six weeks. Class is held on
Thursday, 11;15-11:45 a.m.
For further information call the Y
at 823-2191.
IS THE WINTER WEATHER get-
ting you down? Do you fell like your
body is just falling apart? Then why
not start swimming yourself back to
health. The Wilkes-Barre YMCA
will begin a new series of adult
swim lessons on Monday, Feb. 18.
The classes are open to all beginner
or advanced adult swimmers. The
class meets every Monday for six
weeks from 8:15 p.m. until 9 p.m.
The registration is now being
accepted at the YMCA. For more
information contact the YMCA at
823-2191. ;
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO
KNOW how to handle an emergency
around a pool, or become certified
to lifeguard at your local pool this
summer? Then, why not join the
Wilkes-Barre YMCA’s Lifesaving
class.
Participants for this class must be
at least 15 years of age and be able
to swim 20 laps of the pool. Success-
ful completion of this course will
certify that participant in American
Red Cross Lifesaving.
Registration is going on now at
the YMCA. For more information
on this class call the YMCA at 823-
2191. ?
THE GREATER WILKES-
BARRE YMCA is holding registra-
tion for Aqua Aerobics for adults.
The class starts the week of Feb. 18.
No swimming skills are required
for the exercises that concentrate
on building and stretching the mus-
cles and major joints used in swim-
ming strokes.
For further information call or
contact the YMCA at 823-2191.
Workshops
TWO WORKSHOPS offering tips
on travel will be held at College
Misericordia, Dallas.
A two-hour workshop, ‘Travel
Tips for Teachers” is scheduled for
Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 7 to 9 p.m.
The fee is $6.00.
A four part workshop, ‘How to
Travel Better for Less and Appre-
ciate it More,” is scheduled for
Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 26,
through March 19, from 6;30 p.m. to
8 p.m. The fee is $18.00.
For further information and regis-
tration, contact Misericordia’s
Office of Special Programs at 675-
2181, ext. 331.
Lectures
DR. PAUL MOJZES, associate
professor of religious studies at
Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pa.
will present public lectures at 11
am. and at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 5 in the Moreau Auditorium
of the J. Carroll McCormick
Campus Ministry Center at King’s
College. The lectures are being
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council and the theol-
ogy and government and politics
departments at King’s.
Mojzes, who was born in Yugo-
slavia an became a United States
citizen in 1965, will lecture on ‘“Dia-
logue Between Christians and Marx-
ists” at 11 a.m. and on ‘‘Peacemak-
ing Efforts of Eastern Christian
Churches’ at 7:30 p.m.
“NEURAL ART,” an art form
created by psychologist, artist and
innovator George Shortess, will
debut in Wyoming Valley when
Shortress comes to lecture and to
display his work at Penn State
Wilkes-Barre in February and
March.
His exhibit will open official when
Shortess lectures on ‘Art Works
Based on.Concepts from the Ner-
vous System,” Feb. 21, as part of
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Spring
Lecture Series. The public is invited
to attend the free presentation,
which will be at 4 p.m. in Hayfield
House on the Lehman campus.
The show, which is being spon-
sored by Back Mountain’s Arts at
Hayfield cultural organization, will
be open until March 16.
A preview of his work will be on
display Feb. 14-16 when Arts at
Hayfield presents three Chekhov
plays at the campus. :
Persons interested in further
details on the Lecture Series or Arts
at Hayfield activities are invited to
call Penn State Wilkes-Barre at 675-
Theater
A “VALENTINE FOR WYOMING
VALLEY” is to be the first offering
of the fledgling cultural organiza-
tion Arts at Hayfield, which has
succeeded the Back Mountain Cul-
tural Center. The valentine, which
will launch the organizations spring
activities and demonstrate the plea-
sure it hopes to bring to the commu-
nity, will take the form of three
evenings of very funny and very
lighthearted entertainment.
Three Chekhov comedies as well
as generous refreshments will be
served at 8 p.m. on Feb. 14, 15 and
16 in the newly refurbished Commu-
nity Room of Hayfield House on the
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus in
Lehman.
The Marriage Proposal features a
middle-aged hypochondriac bache-
“lor who proposes marriage to a 35-
year old spinster. The Boor details
the experience of a man who visits
a grieving widow to collect a debt
and ends up challenging her to a
Tobacco is a monologue which is
best left to speak for itself.
All segments of the community
are well represented in the produc-
tion with area studetns, faculty
from Penn State and Wilkes College
as well as Dallas and Lake-Lehman
high schools and members of a
variety of other professions and
organizations taking part.
The very experienced cast
includes Candyce Fike, Eugene
Sirni, Richard Fuller, Marcella
Sedor Kelly and Walter Kelly, who
is also the director. Assistant direc-
tors are Brian Boone and John
Spence.
Lighting will be handled by Bob
Nicely, Ken Matulewski and Ed
Dreisbach; publicity/by Bob Roese
and Jo Ann Ennis. The crew will
consist of Cheryl Lamoreux and
Dave Fiorini.
Tickets for the event, available by
calling Penn State Wilkes-Barre at
675-2171, are $3 each.
Information on Art at Hayfield
activities and memberships are also
available from the campus.
THE NATIONAL PLAYERS of
Washington, D.C., a touring reperto-
rial company now in its 36th years,
will perform ‘‘Rosencrantz and
Guilderstern’ on Thursday, Feb. 28,
at 8 p.m. in Walsh Auditorium on
the campus of College Misericordia.
The performance is open to the
public, without charge. For further
information, contact Ted Veremey-
chik, director of cultural events, at
675-2181, ext. 272.
Clinics
NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL is proud to announce the initia-
tion and establishment of a new
community service for patients with
colo-rectal medical problems. Effec-
tive Feb. 21, patients who are seek-
ing follow up medical care for colo-
rectal problems may contact the
hospital’s new colo-rectal clinic for
an appointment.
A qualified medical physician will
examine the patient upon the first
visit to the clinic. Subsequent to the
examination, the patient will be
treated by the appropriate physi-
cian/
Marian Campbell L.P.N., will be -
coordinating patient appointments
and anyone interested can contact
why not enroll your child in the
Wilkes-Barre YMCA swimming les-
sons. Learn now so they’ll be pre-
In most cases it takes more than
one six week session of swim les-
sons to learn how to swim. By
starting now, your child will become
better acquainted in and around the
There are water adjustment
classes for children 3 months to 3
years. For children at pre-school
age there are progressive swim
classes, and with grade school chil-
dren the ‘Y’ offers a progressive
program with class times after .
school and on Saturday. ;
Most of the classes run a six-week
session and they meet once a week.
The sessions run continually
Parents Committee
On April 20 from 10 until 4 p.m.,
the Dallas Soccer Parents will spon-
sor a flea market and bazaar at the
Dallas Senior High School. Referred
to as “A Little of Everything,” this
event will afford funds toward a
projected trip to Scotland for the
team. Members of the community
try their skills at selling attic ‘“trea-
sures’, crafts, food (with the excep-
tion of lunch items and baked
goods), specail services, and
antiques. Professional dealers are
invited. ?
The Soccer Parents will be selling
lunches from the school kitchen,
homemade baked goods, soccer
trivia and ‘collectibles’ from the
attics, cellars and garages of the
families involved. Members of the
team will be on hand to help with
the setting up of booths and removal *
of purchases to cars. Because the
event will be held indoors, weather |
is not an issue so plan to partici-
pate, have fun and profit!
Write to Box 189, Dallas, or call _
Plans planned
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Nelson Riddle, conductor, com-
poser, arranger for Frank Sinatra,
Ella Fitzgerald and Linda Ronstadt,
will lead the Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania Philharmonic in the third
pops concert of the season on
Friday, Feb. 22 at Masonic Temple
in Scranton and Saturday, Feb. 23,
at Irem Temple in Wilkes-Barre.
Performances begin at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets for “The Tops in Pops”
may be reserved through the Phil-
harmonic Hotlines, 342-0920, 287-
1916, or 654-4788. Philharmonic
Ticket Outlets, Giannetta Music and
Paperback Booksmith in Scranton
and Book and Record Mart and
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have Premium, Regular, and
Family Circle seats for sale. Tickets
range in price from $15 to $7.50 with
all students %» price. Those inter-
ested in purchasing tickets are
encouraged to do so as soon as
possible as there will only be one
performance in each city.
The Philharmonic Pops, under the
symphony pops at its best.
The concert will be co-sponsored
in Scranton by Gentex Corporation
and Jerry’s Sports Center and in
Wilkes-Barre by Offset Paperback
Mfrs., Inc. and Franklin’s Family
Restaurants.
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