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September is usually synonymous
with the start of a new.school term,
but for TV buffs like myself, it also
means television’s fall season of
programming. Viewers, young and
old alike, eagerly anticipate the
debut of new TV shows and new
episodes of old ones. The. official
season actually began on September
23 with some programs debuting as
late as November.
Both CBS, narrowly winning the
Nielsen ratings race, and NBC have
added six new series to their prime-
time lineups for the 1985-86 season.
ABC, trying to improve its third
place Nielsen finish, has nine new
shows ready. Some, unfortunately,
will be shortlived.
NBC and CBS will once again be
in close competition for the ratings,
but CBS should edge out a victory
for the upcoming season. CBS gets
the nod on Monday nights on the
strength of such programs as “Kate
and Allie,” ‘‘Newhart,”” and
“Cagney & Lacey’ unless NBC airs
a better-than-average movie or
mini-series.
Tuesday nights will pit CBS’s
“Hometown” against the popular
NBC series ‘‘A-Team.’”’ ‘‘Stir
Crazy’ might take some ratings
points away from ‘Highway to
Heaven,” but all in all, Wednesday
nights should belong to ABC. Even
though “Hell Town” will do well, it
will not affect the success of
“Dynasty,” the top-rated primetime
program in the 1984-85 season. In
fact, ‘“Dynasty’’ provides little hope
for its other competitor ‘‘Charlie &
Company” (CBS’s answer to ‘The
Bill Cosby Show’) starring Flip
Wilson and Gladys Knight.
Thursday, from 9-10 p.m. will
The viewing public will haye to
decide among ‘‘Cheers’’ and “‘Night
Court” on NBC, “Simon and Simon’’
on CBS, and, premiering in Novem-
ber, “Dynasty II: The Colbys” on
ABC. (Until then, the spot will be
filled with ABC’s hope to ‘Cagney &
Lacey,” “Lady in Blue” starring
Jamie Rose).
An interesting matchup should
occur on Friday nights between
NBC’s ‘Knight Rider” and CBS’s
“Twilight Zone,”’ which returns
after a 21-year hiatus.
It’s a tossup among the networks
for the 8-10 p.m. time slot on Satur-
day. “Golden Girls,” “Lime Street”
and ‘‘Hollywood Beat” (ABC’s
“Miami Vice”) are all new shows
that have potential to gain wide
acceptance from television fans.
Finally on Sunday, ‘‘Amazing Sto-
ries” and ‘Alfred Hitchcock” will
find stiff competition in CBS’s
“Murder, She Wrote,” winner of
this year’s Golden Globe Award for
best dramatic series. Now for a
sneak preview of the new ‘hit”
programs...:
“Hell Town” (NBC, Wed. 9-10
p.m.) stars Emmy Award winner
Robert Blake of “Baretta” fame as
a ghetto priest in Hell Town, a
fictitious district of Los Angeles.
“Dynasty II: The Colbys” (ABC,
Thurs., 9-10 p.m.) stars John
James, Emma Samms, Charlton
Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, and
Katherine Ross in this much-publi-
cized spinoff from Richard and
Esther Shapiro in association with
Aaron Spelling Productions.
“The Golden Girls” (NBC, Sat. 9-
9:30 p.m.) stars Bea Arthur, Betty
White, Rue McClanahan, and
Estelle Getty in a comedy series
that focuses on the escapades of
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women spending their ‘“‘golden’’
years in Miami.
“Hollywood Beat” (ABC, Sat., 8-9
p.m.) stars Jack Scalia and Jay
Acovone as two ingenious, under-
cover cops who patrol Hollywood's
famous boulevard.
“Lime Street” (ABC, Sat., 8-9
p.m.) originally entitled J.G.
CULVER, stars Robert Wagner as
J.G. Culver, an investigator for one
of the world’s largest insurance
brokers in London.
The success of ‘‘Twilight Zone’
(CBS, Fri., 8-9 p.m.), Steven Spiel-
berg’s AMAZING STORIES (NBC,
Sun., 8-8:30 p.m.), and ‘‘Alfred
Hitchcock” (NBC, Sun., 8:30-9 p.m.
depends upon how much mass
appeal the genre of ‘anthologies’
will have with TV viewers.
Sowa speaks
Stan Sowa, Editor of The Outdoor
Scene in the Sunday Independent,
was the speaker at the Back Moun-
tain Kiwanis Club’s Saturday morn-
ing breakfast meeting at its new
location in Irem Temple Country
Club.
Stan is also a member of the
Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Asso-
ciation and the Out door Writers
Association of America, and is
Northeast Regional Field Editor for
‘“‘Pennsylvania Outdoors’’ Maga-
zine.
Sowa delivered an interesting and
informative message, accompanied
by a video-tape presentation on the
many aspects of outdoor life in
Pennsylvania: Hunting, Fishing,
Hang Gliding, Sled Dogs Races,
White Water Rafting, etc.
Sowa also described a program
termed ‘‘Preservation Packages”
designed to save endangered spe-
cies: otters, eagles, etc.”
will aid
parents
Parents concerned about how
their children learn, and what tests
are used to determine or measure
their abilities to make sense out of
classroom instruction, will be given
some help through a project funded
by the US. Department of Educa-
tion.
This unique project involves par-
ents with some basic information
about the evaluation and testing
process used by schools to place
children in appropriate classes. This
area is especially important for
either gifted or children with learn-
ing problems.
During the 1985-86 school year,
this training will be conducted state-
wide, one workshop in each Inter-
mediate (nit, two in Luzerne
County cosponsored by local parent
organizations, and the Pennsylvania
Association for Children and Adults
with Learning Disabilities.
The Training of Parents of Excep-
tional Children (TOPEC) for this
area will be conducted on Monday,
Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at Penn State
(niversity’s Hazleton Campus,
Physical Education Bldg., Room
106. There is no registered fee.
Professionals from I1.l. 18-Luz-
erne Intermediate (nit will provide
a resource panel to respond to the
parents’ questions and needs, fol-
lowing the program.
Paul Irzinski, Director of Special
Education, Luzerne Intermediate
nit will be responsible for select-
ing the multi-disciplinary team
panel. Joan Felty and Pat Kwet-
kauski will serve as panel modertor
and program Sponsor.
For additional information call
Joan at 675-5907 or Pat 788-1229.
Volunteers
are sought
Parents Anonymous of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania, Inc. is seeking
volunteers to help form a chapter in
the Tunkhannock area.
Parents Anonymous coordinates
self-help for parents experiencing
difficulties in coping with their chil-
dren.
Weekly meetings provide parents
with a support system and practical
suggestions on child-rearing.
The meetings are confidential and
on a first-name basis only.
Parents share phone numbers and
there is a 24-hour hotline to prevent
possible abusive incidents. No dues
or fees are required.
Parents Anonymous needs volun-
teers to serve as group sponsors and
child care workers.
Group sponsors are volunteers
who attend the wekly chapter meet-
ings to provide guidance and stabil-
ity to the parents in attendance.
They are volunteers who have train-
ing in group or fajily dynamics and
possess a sincere interest in pre-
serving the family lifestyle.
Qualified individuals should have
knowledge of child development and
child abuse dynamics as well.
The position requires a time com-
mittment of three to five hours per
week.
Child care volunteers provide
child care to the children of Parents
Anonymous parents at weekly
parent group meetings.
As opposed to simple babysitting,
child care implies creating a posi-
tive experience for the children
involved.
Any interested persons should call
the parents Anonymous office at
822-9666 or write Parents Anony-
mous of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
Inc. 71 North Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18701.
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Miss Pamela Anne Maniskas,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Maniskas, 10800 Coachman Circle,
Matthews, N.C., former Dallas resi-
dents, was married in a late
changes
course
Wyoming Valley Children’s Asso-
ciation, serving handicapped chil-
dren since 1924 as Wyoming Valley
Crippled Children’s Association, is
embarking on a new course as an
independent agency.
The organization has been closely
affiliated with Pennsylvania and
National Easter Seal Society from
1948 to 1985.
Over the years, however, the
focus of Easter Seals has broadened
to include all age ranges and the
National-State approach is neces-
sarily more global, encompassing a
broad variety of programs and
people who are disabled.
Wyoming Valley Children’s Asso-
ciation is somewhat more special-
ized and has limited its scope of
approach to children who have disa-
bling conditions. There is an exist-
ing network of agencies in our area
which serves and will continue to
serve adults and others who are
disabled.
The Wyoming Valley Children’s
Association Board has determined
that its agency can better serve
their constituents in and around
Wyoming Valley by maintaining a
local autonomy and keeping most of
the donated funds in this locale for
local service. Standards of quality
will be maintained by adhering to
licensing requirements of the Pri-
vate Academic School Association
and further requiring that all pro-
fessional staff have appropriate cer-
tification in their field.
The agency is financed by United
Way, donations from clubs and
organizations, Kirby Memorial
Health Center Grant, endowment
and bequests, Department of Health
contract, purchase of services con-
tracts with local agencies, patient
fees, and special fund raising
events.
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summer wedding to H. Kenneth
Venable, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold K. Venable, High Point, N.C.
Rev. Paul Martin performed the
double ring ceremony in Saint
JOhn’s Episcopal Church, Charlotte,
N.C.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, chose her cousin, Linda
Bricek Shusta, as her matron of
honor. Amy Maniskas, sister. of the
bride, was junior bridesmaid.
The bridegroom chose his father
as his best man. Ushers were John
Thorn and Michael Venable, brother
of the groom. :
Following the ceremony, a recep-
tion was held at Cedarwood Country
Club, Charlotte, N.C.
A rehearsal dinner, hosted by the
bridegroom’s parents, was held at
Darryl’s Restaurant, Charlotte,
N.C.
The bride was entertained at a
luncheon shower at the Golden
Palace in Wilkes: Barre, given by
Gerry Bricek, her Godmother and
Linda Shusta. The couple were also
honored at a party in High Point,
N.C. at the home of the groom’s
parents. *
The bride is a graduate of Dallas
Area High School and North Caro-
lina State University, where she
received a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Applies Mathematics. She
is employed by Jeffeson Pilot Infor-
mation Services, Greensboro, N.C.
as a computer analyst.
Mr. Venable is a graduate of
Ragsdale High School, Jamestown,
N.C., received a technical degree in
air-conditioning from Davidson Col-
lege, and also received a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Mechanical
Engineering from North Carolina
State Unviersity. He is employed as
a mechanical engineer by Industrial
Air, Greensboro, N.C.
The couple will resside at 1604 G
Pinecroft Road, Greensboro, N.C.
27407.
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