Concerts
THE RIVER CITY BRASS BAND,
the only professional brass band in
America, will present a free concert
at College Misericordia on Sunday,
September 29, at 12 noon.
Founded in, 1981 by Music Direc-
tor Robert Bernat, the River City
Brass BAnd (RCBB) presents a
home season in Pittsburgh of 18
subscription concerts annually and
performs suramer,, fall and spring
tours. Bernat was the first AMeri-
can composer-conductor selected by
the State Department to participate
in an artists exchange program with
Great Britian. He is best known for
his composition ‘‘In Memoriam:
John F. Kennedy,” which was com-
missioned and performed by the
Pittsburgh Symphony and recorded
by the Louisville Orchestra.
Often called “The Boston Pops--In
Brass,” RCBB’s 27 virtuoso musi-
cians present a program popular
with audiences of all ages. The
RCBB repertory ranges from Ren-
aissance masterworks to works by
today’s leading composers. The
ensemble consists of the traditional
brass band instrumentation: ten
cornets, four tubas, three trom-
bones, three horns, two euphoniums,
two baritones, one flugelhorn and
two percussion.
The public is invited to bring a
picnic lunch and enjoy this outdoor
concert. In the event of rain, the
program will be presented in Walsh
Auditorium on the Dallas campus.
The RCBB concert is sponsored
by College Misericordia as a com-
munity service. The college’s next
musical event will feature Maynard
Fergueson, renowned jazz trum-
peter on Octoer 10 at 8 p.m. in
Walsh Auditorium.
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYL-
VANIA PHILHARMONIC will open
its 1985-86 Season of Stars the last
week-end in September with inter-
national violin virtuoso, Elmar Oliv-
eira.
The program will include the
‘magnificent Tchaikovsky Violin
Concerto, the lyrical Brahms Sym-
phony No. 2 and the unique Svoboda
Overture.
Concerts have been scheduled for
Friday, September 27 at 8:30 p.m.
at Masonic Temple in Scranton and
Saturday, September 28 at 8:30 p.m.
at Irem Temple in Wilkes-Barre.
For best seats call Philharmonic
ticket hotlines: 342-0920 or 287-1916.
Meetings |
THE ALWMNI ASSOCIATION of
Luzerne County Community College
will conduct its first meeting of the
1985-86 academic year on Wednes-
day, September 25, at 7 p.m. in the
Conference Room of Building 5 on
the college’s main campus in Nanti-
coke.
The college’s alumni will meet to
begin preparation for activities and
events that will be held throughout
the coming year. Any alumnus plan-
ning to attend the meeting, or inter-
ested in further information should
contact Lisa Baker in the LCCC
Alumni Office at 829-7387.
THE HARVEYS LAKE ENVI-
RONMENTAL ADVISORY COWN-
CIL (EVAC) will hold its second
public meeting on Thursday, Sep-
tember 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Harveys Lake municipal building.
The EVAC was created by Har-
veys lake borough council members
in order to discuss the lake’s water
quality problems and to offer possi-
ble solutions. The meeting is open to
the general public and any input
from concerned citizens is wel-
comed.
Concert planned
BLIE CROSS of Northeastern
Pennsylvania’s, assessment of
changes that are occurring in
today’s health care delivery system,
and priorities that have been estab-
lished to meet these challenges, are
among topics slated for review on
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 12:15 p.m., at
the Fall luncheon forum for Blue
Cross Advisory Baord members
from central Luzerne and Wyoming
Counties. They will be meeting at
the Genetti Best Western Motor Inn,
Wilkes-Barre.
Announcement of the upcoming
forum was made by the Rev. Anita
Ambrose, Plymouth, and Roy E.
Morgan, Forty Fort, co-chairmen of
the panel representing regional
communities.
CHAPTER 9 DISABLED AMERI-
CAN VETERANS will meet on
Monday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Parsons VRW, Scott Street,
Wilkes-Barre.
Commander Murray Brown will
preside.
VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM
WAR, Post No. 2, will meet Thurs-
day, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m., at the Coral
Lounge, 245 Owen St., Swoyersville.
The Veterans of the Vietnam War,
Inc. is a full service organization
open to all veterans.
Events
THE SECOND ANNWL TEDDY
BEAR FAIR will be held at the Bay
Window Shops on Overbrook Road,
Shavertown on September 19 from 1
p.m. to 6 p.m.
This is a benefit for the Nay Aug
Park Zoo in Scranton and a plan of
the new zoo will be available for
everyone to see. There will be
crafts, toys balloons, pictures, bear
shirts, food and contessts including
Name The Bear, Oldest, SMallest,
and Best Dressed Bears. Prizes will
be awarded.
The rain date will be October 6.
For more information, call 675-6400.
THIS WEEKEND, Frances
Slocum State Park, Mount Olivet
Road, Wyoming, is offering free
guided nature walks. These walks
are open to the general public.
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2 p.m.-“Indian
Hunting Customs’ will discover how
the American Indians of the area
used the park as hunting grounds.
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.-“Slocum
Birds”, will examine birds that
arefound in the park all year, and
birds that are passing through on
their fall migration.
For more information call the
park at 696-3525.
FRANCES SLOCIM STATE
PARK, Mount Olivet Road, Wyo-
ming, is offering environmental
education services to school classes,
scout groups, and other organized
groups of children or adults.
Park Naturalist Jeff Smith is now
accepting group reservations for
guided walks on the Park’s scenic
trails. The educational walks, which
run from 1 to $% hours in length,
may be scheduled for weekdays or
weekends between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
A. choice of guided walk topics,
including nature study and Ameri-
can Indian culture is available.
Groups are encouraged to sched-
ule walks at least three weeks in
advance by contacting Frances
Slocum State Park at 696-3525.
THE CHAIRMAN of the 40th
annual library auction to be held in
July of 1986, Dr. John R. Shaskas,
has announced the 1st annual
library auction Christmas dinner
dance will be held on Saturday,
December 7 at the Woodlands in
Wilkes-Barre. Co-chairmen of the
dinner committee are: Nancy Calise
and Kathy Kostrezewski.
Tickets for the affair will be
available at the library after Octo-
ber 7, cost to be $70 a couple and $40
for single.
The menu will be a full course
dinner with Chicken Wellington as
the main entree. There will be open
bar all night, bar opening at 6,
dinner served from 7 to 8; a mini-
auction from 8 to 9 and dancing
from 9 to 12. The mini-auction will
feature Christmas oriented items.
Dress will be semi-formal.
A gala occasion to get the 40th
annual Back Mountain Memorial
Library auction off to a good start.
Sales
A RWMMAGE SALE, sponsored
by The Lehman UM. Women will
be held in the Lehman (nited Meth-
odist Church on Friday Sept. 20,
from 9-5 p.m. and Saturday Sept. 21,
9-2. Saturday is Bag Day.
There will be a Fall Bake Sale
and a Fall Snack Bar both days.
Helen Squier and Lillie Lumo-
reaux are co-chairpersons. Commit-
tees; Vera Hoover, Fern Rogers,
Jean McCulloch, Evelyn Ide. Rum-
mage - Elda Coolbaugh, Patricia
Miers, Ruth Disque - Bake Sale.
Naomi Nuss, Dorothy Wright, Jean
McCullock, Fern Rogers - Snack
Bar.
THE WOMEN OF ALDERSON
METHODIST CHURCH, Harveys
Lake, will hold a rummage and
bake-sale on October 4 and 5 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. ;
The bake sale will be held on
Saturday only from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Both events will be held in the
church basement.
Church
THE SHAVERTOWN INITED
METHODIST CHIRCH announces
the following schedule:
Wednesday, September 25 - 7:15
p.m. Bible Study. 7:30 p.m. Work
Area on Education.
Thursday, September 26 - 10:30
a.m. Bible Study. 7:30 p.m. Chancel
Choir.
Sunday, September 29 - 9:30 a.m.
Church School for All Ages. 11 a.m.
Worship. 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Choral
Concert Candlelight.
Tuesday, October 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Lectionary.
THE SHAVERTOWN NITED
METHODIST WOMEN are busy
making preparations for their
annual Roast Beef Dinner which
will be served on October 9 in the
church social room from 5 to 7 p,m.
Serving as co-chairmen of the
dinner are Olwen Overman, Marla
Karalunas, Marie McCoy, and
Helen Kishbaugh.
On the menu will be tomato
bisque, pepper hash, choice roast
beef, gravy, mashed potatoes, tiny
Belgian carrots, applesauce, dinner
rolls, and a choice of pie for dessert
with coffee or tea. All the food will
be homemade.
Tickets are available from mem-
bers of the Init or by contacting the
ticket chairmen’ Alice Borthwick
and Harriet Stahl. There will be no
tickets sold at the door.
Programs
GREAT BOOKS AT HAYFIELD
is being offered for the secon dyear
at the Pennsylvania State niver-
sity Wilkes-Barre Campus, begin-
ning September 23 with John
Osborne’s play Luther.
“This program offers a great
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opportunity for both the campus
community and local residents who
enjoy reading great books, poetry
and plays to participate in lively
discussions of great literature with
the guidance of a coordinating com-
mittee made up of faculty, staff and
students,” said Dr. Frederick J.
Stefon, Assistant Professor of His-
tory, chairman of Great Books at
Hayfield.
This year’s program will offer
eight informal discussions; all fall
sessions .will be held on Monday
evenings at 7:30 p.m. in Hayfield
105 on the campus in Lehman.
In the fall series opening Septem-
ber 23 with Lither, are E.M. Fors-
ter’'s A Passage to India on Monday
evening, October 21; and Arthur
Miller’s The Crucible on Monday,
November 18.
Other committee members in
addition of Dr. Stefon are Jean
Dietz, Lecturer in GErman, public-
ity; Gerry Gregory, Assistant Pro-
fessor of English, and Patricia Cole,
coordinator of the Learning Support
Center, program co-chair persons.
A RADIOGRAPHY REGISTRY
REVIEW is being offered by Col-
lege Misericordia on Saturday, Oct.
5, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
Dallas campus.
The review will be conducted by
Stephen S. Hiss and Gary Wogen-
rich. Hiss is the author of numerous
books on radiology which are used
as texts by schools of radiography
including College Misericordia.
Wogenrich holds a master’s degree
in educational administration and a
bachelor’s degree in radiologic tech-
nology.
The workshop will ‘cover radi-
ographic technique and imaging,
physics and circuitry, anatomy and
physiology, and positioning. An
period will be offered.
For information, contact Miseri-
cordia’s Center for Professional
Development at 675-3862.
A NEW CAREER-EXPLORA-
TION COMPITER SERVICE has
been instituted at; the Student
Assistance Center at College Miseri-
cordia.
The program allows students to
explore career opportunities by indi-
cating possible career fields based
upon their interests. Expanded serv-
ices will also help students in
majors by
options.
A grant from the Pennsylvania
Department of Education was made
to College Misericordia for purchase
of the computer equipment and
carreers program.
Lectures
entitled ‘“‘Safety in God’s Care’ bill
be held on Monday, October 14, at 8
p.m. at the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, 1585 Wyomin Ave., Forty
Fort.
The lecture will be presented by
Rex W. Beasley, C.S., a member of
The Christian Science Board of Lec-
tureship.
Workshops
REGISTERED NIRSES Licensed
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cians in the area are invited to
participate in a one day semi-
nar?workshop presented by the
REspiratory Care Consortium and
co-sponsored by the American Lung
Association of Northeast Pennsyl-
vania dn ALA of Wyoming Valley, a
division of Lehigh Valley.
On Thursday, October 3, a pro-
gram entitled ‘‘Adult Respiratory
Distress Syndrome’’ will be
presented at the Education confer-
ence Center of Luzerne County
Community College, Nanticoke from
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The seminar fee of $25. per person
- $15 for currently enrolled students
in health care programs includes
registration, education packet,
luncheon, and breaks.
Appllication has been made to the
Pennsylvania Nurses Association
for the awarding of Continuing Edu-
cation nits. Certificates of attend-
ance will be issued to all partici-
pants.
For further information and regis-
tration contact Karen Wrublewski,
RN at the Veterans Administration
Medical Center, 824-3521.
Exhibits
AN ART EXHIBIT by Carol Slus-
ser Fraind will be held from Sep-
tember 29 through October 11 at
King’s College. Capturing the time-
worn character of old buildings and
remarkable individuals is a favorite
challenge for the artist.
A reception will be held on
Sunday, September 29, from 2 to 5
p.m. in the Kilburn Room, sheehy
Student Center, King’s College. The
gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
weekdays and from noon to 8 p.m.
on Sundays.
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