pS _28 %y Tours IN RECOGNITION of National Medical Laboratory Week (April 14- 20), Wilkes-Barre General Hospi- tal’s Laboratory Medicine Depart- ment will provide scheduled tours of its facilities to local high school and college students interested in the field of laboratory medicine. Stu- dents will have the opportunity to meet the highly trained medical technologists who provide the aceur- ate answers necessary for proper diagnosis and treatment of all dis- eases. In addition, an informational dis- play in the hospital’s lobby will exhibit the vital role that laboratory medicine plays in the health care profession. Breakfasts THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVEL- OPMENT COMMITTEE of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a breakfast program, on Wednesday, April 24, at the Sheraton-Crossgates begin- ning at 7:57 a.m. Betsy Tribendis, of the Independ- ent Insurance Agents of Wyoming Valley, will discuss “The Insurance Needs of the Small Business.” ' For reservations, please contact the Chamber at 823-2101. The cost is $6.00-members and $8.00 for non- members. THE GREATER WILKES- BARRE CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE will sponsor a Small Busi- ness Awareness Breakfast on Wednesday, April 24, at 7:57 a.m. at the Sheraton Crossgates. Featured speaker will be Betsy Tribendis, independent insurance agent of Wyoming Valley, who will speak on ‘Insurance needs for the small business.” Price is $6 for members and $9 for non-members A country-style breakfast will be served. To make reservations, contact Tilly Kalish at 823-2101. Meetings THE LUZERNE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM BOARD will meet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10 at the Luzerne County Court- house. The System which was approved during the summer of 1984 includes the following member libraries: Back Mountain Memorial Library, Hazleton Area Public Library, Hoyt Library; - Mill --Memorial - Library, Mountaintop Area Public Library, Osterhout Free Library, Pittston Library, Plymouth Public Library, West Pittston Library, Wyoming Free Library. THE NORTHEASTERN PA. VOL- UNTEER FIREMEN’S FEDERA- TION will meet on Thursday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in the United Fire Co., Montrose. 1985 Parade calendar will close. John Long, president will preside. All delegates are asked to attend this meeting. THE GREATER WILKES- BARRE CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE’S April Commerce Club will feature Leon L. Nonemaker of Pennsylvania Power & Light Com- pany. Mr. Nonemaker’s topic will be: “The Pennsylvania Economy League: A Valuable Community Asset.” Mr. Nonemaker is Vice Chairman of the Pennsylvania Economy League, Trustee of Muhlenberg Medical Center, Director of WLVT Public Television Station, Vice President of the Area and member of the Regional Board of the Boy Scouts of America. For reservations, please contact the Chamber office at 823-2101. The cost is $8.00 members adn $10.00 non-members. THE 127TH ANNUAL MEETING of the Wyoming Historical and Geo- logical Society will be held Friday, April 19, at the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes-Barre beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner and the evening’s program will follow at 7 p.m. Colonel John B.B. Trussell of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission will be the featured speaker. His topic, ‘‘Luz- erne County Volunteer Companies in the Civil War,” concerns original research he is conducting for a history of Pennsylvania’s Civil War regiments. He will provide a broad overview of the county’s military units and the major battles in which they participated. VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR, Post 2, will meet Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m. at the Coral Lounge, 245 Owen St., Swoyersville. A film will be shown, and refresh- ments served. The Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc. is a full service organization open to all veterans. Courses THE NORTHEASTERN PA. VOL- UNTEER FIREMEN’S FEDERA- TION is conductingf a SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus) School on Saturday and Sunday, April 20 and 21. The classes will be held atScott Twp. Hose Co. No. 1, Montdale. Registration will be from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. each day and in charge of Charles P. Gardecki, Federation Secretary and Luke Mayer, Dalton. John Chichilla, Olyphant Fire Train- ing Officer asks that all registration forms be mailed to him no later than April 15 and he can be con- tacted for any further information on the classes. THE WYOMING VALLEY CHAP- TER AMERICAN RED CROSS will sponsor a CPR course to be held May 1 and 8 at the Chapter House, 156 South Franklin Street. The course is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each night. Preregistration is required by making a check paya- ble to the Wyoming Valley Chapter American Red Cross in the amount of $7.50. Checks should identify the course and dates applying for. Addi- tional information may be obtained by contacting the Safety Services office at 823-7161. THE WILKES COLLEGE BIOL- OGY DEPARTMENT will offer three special courses this summer for advanced undergraduates. The courses are ‘‘Genetic Engineering and Recombinant DNA Theory,” ‘Viral Diseases,” and ‘‘Floristic Biology.” For more information call either the Wilkes Biology Department at 824-4651, ext. 255 or Jack Meyers, the director of the Evening, Summer and Weekend College at 824-4651, ext. 380. Lectures THE PUBLIC IS INVITED to a free Christian Science Lecture titled ‘Scientific Prayer: Crossing the Ultimate Frontier” by GAry John Jewkes, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, Sat- urday, April 13, 3 p.m. at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 1585 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. THE FOURTH LECTURE in a series of Community Diabetes Classes sponsored by the Hospital- wide Education Department at Nes- bitt Memorial Hospital will be held on Wednesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in the classroom of the Nesbitt Medi- cal Arts Building, 534 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. The Community Diabetes Classes are provided free of charge by Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. For more information, contact Hospital- wide Education at 288-1411, ext. 4035. DR. H. BRANCH COSLETT, assistant professor of neurology at Temple University School of Medi- cine, will speak to area physicians on the subject “Alzheimers Disease - Fact vs. Myth”. The lecture will be held in the auditorium of the Nesbitt Medical Arts Building, Kingston on Thursday, April 11 at 11 a.m. The lecture series is a cooperative effort conducted by Nesbitt Memo- rial Hospital and Temple University School of Medicine and is supported in part by a grant from Merck, Sharpe and Dohme, Eli Lily, Upjohn, Ciba and Mead Johnson. “MAJOR DRUGS OF ABUSE” will be the topic of discussion on Wednesday, April 10, at 7 p.m. in the NPW Medical Center Learning Resources Center. Dr. Bruce Branin, Assistant to the Medical Director at Marworth Drug-Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, will lead the discussion which is a free public lecture and the second in a four-part series co-sponsored by the NPW Medical Center and the Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Services, Inc. These lecture presentations are open to the members of the commu- nity free of charge as a public service. Reservations are not neces- sary. For additional information, please contact the NPW Medical Center Public Affairs Department, 826-7890. MARVIN ASNES, a consultant and investor and former president and chief operating officer of Becton, Dickinson and Company, a leading manufacturer of medical and hospital supplies based in New York, will serve on a three-member expert panel that will be part of a public symposium on the “Bishop’s Letter on CatholicSocial Teaching and the U.S. Economy” to be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in the J. Carroll McCormick Campus Ministry Center at King’s College. Open to the public free of charge, the symposium is being sponsored jointly by the King’s Campus Minis- try and business administration, economics, philosophy, and theology departments and is being partially funded by a grant from the Justice and Peace Committee of the East- ern Province of the Holy Cross Congregation. Concerts WHETSTONE RUN, a four member Bluegrass band, will per- form Tuesday, April 23, noon at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Student Commons building on the.Lehmanh campus. The program is free an the public is invited. DR. ROOSEVELT NEWSON, con- cert pianist, artist, and teacher at Wilkes College, will give a special preinaugural performance of Schu- mann’s Carnaval on Saturday, April 13 at 4:30 p.m. at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Per- forming Arts. The recital is one of the many event to be held in celebration of the inauguration of Dr. Christopher N. Breiseth as fourth president of Wilkes College. The inauguration will be held on Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m. in the Wilkes College gymna- sium. The community is cordially invited to all the events including the inauguration. Sales LAKE-LEHMAN BAND HOAGIE SALE will be held at the Lehman Methodist Church, Tuesday, April 16. Orders must be in by Thursday, April 11. For orders or inforamtion, phone 696-2951. Workers to report as early as possible. THE AUXILIARY OF Wright Twp. Volunteer Fire Company will sponsor a Flea Market, Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fire hall, 447 Main Road. Mountain- Shambora, Jon St. Clair. ‘x Planning breakfast 13 Dallas Post/Ed Campbell The Idetown United Methodist Church will serve a family style fisherman’s breakfast on Saturday, April 13, from 5:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church hall. All proceeds will top. For table rentals call 678-3597, 474- 9947 or 678-7680. Refreshments will be available. THE 33RD ANNUAL ANTIQUES SHOW AND SALE sponsored by the Women of Prince of Peace Episco- pal Church will be held on Friday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday, May 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the church’s Parish House on Main Street, Dallas. THE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION of Trinity Presbyterian Church will hold a Rummage and Bake Sale, Saturday, April 13, 9-4 p.m. at the church, Country Club Road, Dallas. DALLAS UNITED METHODIST WOMEN will hold their spring rum- mage sale, Thursday, April 11, 9:30 to 3:30 and Friday, April 12, 9:30 to 12 at the church. Friday is Bag Day. There will be a snack bar and bake sale both days. Classes CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES for pregnant teenaged women will be held at Planned Parenthood of Northeastern Penn- sylvania beginning Monday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m., and continuing for six weeks. Clubs SOLO CLUB of Luzerne Co. announces the April schedule as follows: j April 13-Busienss meeting at the Dupont VFW at 8 p.m. All membrs are requested to attend. Dancing to follow. April 20-Dancing at Mayfair Supper Club, Wilkes-Barre Dupont Highway, at 9:30. April 27-Dancing at Chet’s in Moosic, 9:30. Persons over 35 interested in becoming a member can call the following for information: Gene Schray 675-1704, Betty Yuskoski 288- 7783, Doris Skurka 562-0428. Seminars IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, April 22-28, the Junior League of Wilkes-Barre announces its sponsor- ship of a Leadership Training Semi- nar and Workshop to be held on Thursday, April 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Wyoming Seminary’s Stettler Learning Center on Sprague Avenue in Kingston. It will be repeated that evening from 7 to 10 p.m. Mrs. Peter Feinstein of Shavertown, chairperson of the League’s Train- ing committee, is program coordi- nator. Guest speakers for the seminar will be Susan Livera and Joan Williams, representatives of the League’s Area I and Area II Coun- cils’ Training Resource programs. They will discuss topics such as Facilitator Training, or how to con- duct meetings efficiently and effec- gively; Group Dynamics, or how to interact with and motivate commit- tee members of volunteer groups; and Leadership Skills. The seminars are open to all members of other community orga- nizations and refreshments will be served. Reservations are necessary and may be made by contacting the Volunteer Action Center, 822-3020, by April 22. Dinners A CHICKEN AND BISCUIT DINNER will be held Saturday, April 20, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Idetown United Methodist Church house. benefit the Lehman Charge Parson- age Fund. Tickets are available in advance or at the door. Prices are $3.25 for Show scheduled adults and $2.00 for children under 10. For further information, contact Paul Margellina at 675-1297 or Rich- ard Ide at 639-5528. demonstration at the show. Nonno (Continued from page 16) refreshing as its namesake. aromatic of Italian wines. perhaps?) Richard’s mother.
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