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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.
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Planning breakfast
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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.
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