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Wednesday/
Jan. 29
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 North
Pioneer Avenue, will hold a Bible
Study, tonight at 7:15 p.m.
FIFTY YEARS OF PRINTMAK-
ING is currently on exhibit at the
Art Gallery, College Misericordia.
The traveling exhibit from the Jane
Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.
will be shown until February 18.
Gabor Peterdi, a. major innovator
in American printmaking, has been
instrumental in revolutionizing the
prints and printmaking. This com-
prehensive exhibit includes early
line engravings, color prints with
points and recent prints in which
impression.
This collection of works, from
Peterdi’s impressive portfolio,
spans 50 years of his life. At age 73,
Peterdi is still teaching art classes
at Yale as he has done for the past
45 years.
The exhibit can be seen free of
charge each weekday and on
Sunday, 1-4 p.m., at the Art Gallery
on the Dallas campus. Saturday
appointments can be made by call-
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THE DALLAS INTERMEDIATE
is sponsoring a
mini-concert for the Nutcracker,
given by the Wilkes-Barre Ballet
Theatre. The single performance
will be given Wednesday, Jan. 29 at
the Intermediate School for the
The 45 minute production will
highlight the key segments of the
Nutcracker, with the players and
performers in full dress costume.
The ultimate purpose in this presen-
tation is o allow the students to
experience the culture of the thea-
ter, by the characters performing
the basics of ballet and dance.
This is the first of several pro-
grams the P.T.O. will sponsor and
fund for the school in 1986. The
Program Committee, headed by
Lynn Romano, is responsible for
initiating these very worthwhile and
educational experiences.
Thursday/
Jan. 30
CRORE
GARY BOERCKEL, a piano-play-
ing professor, will present a foot-
stomping, hand-clapping perform-
ance at Walsh Auditorium on Janu-
ary 30, 8 p.m. at th Dallas campus.
Boerckel offers three programs,
“Scott Joplin: Ragtime Barrelhouse
to Opera House,” “Ragtime from
Joplin to Jelly Roll” and ‘Jazz
Pianists of the Twenties.”
Boerckel is a graduate of the
Oberlin Conservatory and Ohio Uni-
versity, and was awarded a docto-
rate in piano performance from the
University of Iowa. An accom-
plished concert pianist and chair-
man of the music department at
Lycoming College, he uses his class-
ical keyboard training to master the
style of this uniquely American art
form, ragtime piano.
College Misericordia invites the
public to attend this program, free
of charge.
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THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 North
Pioneer Avenue, will hold Bible
Study at 10:30 a.m.; Brownies
Troop 929 will meet at 4 p.m.; and
Chancel Choir rehearsal will be held
at 7:30 p.m. °
THE DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL
CHEERLEADERS will be hostess-
ing a Skating Party for Elementary
and Intermediate students next
Thursday evening, Jan. 30, from 6
to 9 p.m. at Roll-A-Way on Route
415 in Dallas Township. The admis-
sion fee will help to send the Varsity
and Junior Varsity Squads to com-
pete in the National High School
Cheerleading Championship in
Orlando, Florida, in February.
A special feature of the Skating
Party will be the chance for parents
to drop-off their children and know
they will be supervised by both the
Cheerleaders and the Cheerleaders’
parents.
Sheila Bonawitz, the Varsity
Squad’s Advisor, commented on the
‘special enjoyment the Cheerlead-
ers get out of working with young-
sters.” It promises to be a fun
evening for you and your children.
Saturday/
Feb. 1
THE FELLOWSHIP CLUB of the
Shavertown United Methodist
Church, 163 North Pioneer Avenue
will meet at 6:45 p.m. Dr. James
Ryan will be guest speaker.
Sunday/
Feb. 2
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TION OF LIONS CLUB will hold
their 3rd quarter cabinet meeting
Sunday, Feb. 2 in the Jefferson
Twp. Comm. Bldg., Mt. Cobb. Reg-
istration at 12 noon, dinner at 1 p.m.
The meeting will be hosted by
DDG Stanley Gross of Region 3.
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THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 North
Pioneer Avenue will hold a Chil-
dren’s Choir rehearsal at 9 a.m.;
Cherub Choir rehearsal at 9:20
a.m.; Church school for all ages,
9:30 a.m.; Worship, Boy Scout
Sunday at 11 a.m.; Church Leaders
Training Session at 4 p.m. and U.M.
Youth Fellowship will meet at 6
p.m.
Monday/
Feb. 3
CHAPTER 9 DISABLED AMERI-
CAN VETERANS will meet on
Monday, February 3, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Parsons VFW, Scott St., Wilkes-
Barre.
Commander Leo Myslak will pre-
side.
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THE KIRBY HEALTH CENTER
will be the location for a free
Glaucoma Screening sponsored by
the Wilkes-Barre Branch of the
Association for the Blind in coopera-
tion with the National Society for
the Prevention of Blindness. The
Screening will be held Monday, Feb.
3 from 9 to 11 at 71 North Franklin
St., Wilkes-Barre. Call for your
appointment at 823-1161.
People at greatest risk for this
eye condition include the elderly,
people with a family history of
glaucoma, and those with diabetes
and cardiovascular diseases.
All persons over 35 are advised to
have an eye examination every
other year - the best defense against
glaucoma. It is the nation’s second
leading cause of blindness. It often
develops without pain or symptoms.
Tuesday/
Feb. 4
FREE BLOOD PRESSURE and
diabetes-cholesterol screenings will
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$499
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$979
be held during February at Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital’s Outpatient Sat-
ellite Centers.
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
at Nesbitt’s Outpatient Satellite
Center, Narrows Mall Office Build-
ing, Edwardsville.
All screenings are conducted by
Nesbitt Staff members in coopera-
tion with the American Heart Asso-
ciation. FREE 1986 screening sched-
ules are available by contacting
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital’s Com-
munity Relations Department, 288-
1411, extension 4025.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 634 will
meet at Tuesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m.
at the Shavertown United Methodist
Church, 163 North Pioneer Ave.
Next
week
ACTOR WILL STUTTS, distin-
guished for his one-man’ shows of
historic personalities, will bring his
talents to the Penn State Wilkes-
Barre campus in Lehman on Thurs-
day, Feb. 6, 1986 for a performance
of his one man show ‘Walt Whit-
man.”’ The perfor1aance will be held
at 8 p.m. in the B erly Auditorium
and is opened to the public free of
charge.
Mr. Stutts is performing at many
of the Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity campuses, a trip he has been
consecutively making for well over
a decade. His popularity in such
shows as Walt Whitman, Mark
Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, and Shake-
speare bring him back again and
again.
Born in 1949, Stutts attended Yale
University’s school of Drama and
received his MFA in acting in 1972.
He studied for almost two years
with Lee Strasberg and Actors’
Studio in New York. He has exten-
sive experience on and off-Broad-
way with many leading stars of the
American Theater.
Information for Will Stutts in
“Walt Whitman’’ can be obtained by
calling 675-9262.
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THE CLARENDON BRASS
ENSEMBLE, a quintet formed by
professional brass players from
Philadelphia, will perform at 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 7, in the J. Carroll
McCormick Campus Ministry
Center, Franklin and Jackson
Streets, at King’s College.
Admission to the performances
will be $2 for adults with senior
citizens and students being admitted
free of charge.
Formed in 1985, the Clarendon
Brass Ensemble has performed at a
concrt for the Philadelphia Orches-
tra’s Womens Committee, at Phila-
delphia’s Bachathon, at a reception
for the Basically Bach Festival and
at commemorative ceremonies at
the Episcopal Academy, Philadel-
phia.
Members of the Ensemble have
of Music, Temple University and
the Philadelphia Music Academy.
Their credits include performances
with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Opera Company of Philadelphia, the
Pennsylvania Ballet, the National
Orchestra of Venezuela and the
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Insti-
tute.
More information on the perform-
ance can be obtained by contacting
Brother John Zick, C.S.C., director
of student activities at King’s, at
826-5856 weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
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THE LAKE LEHMAN E.C.IA.
Chapter I Parent Advisory Council
is sponsoring “Read a Button Day”
on Wednesday, Feb. 5. All students
and staff members are to wear a
button with a saying.
The purpose being to encourage
students to stop and read each
others buttons. More than one
button can be worn by all those
participating. Anyone who does not
have a button can cut a circle out of
paper, print a saying on it, and put
it on with a safety pin.
It will be interesting to see how
many. different buttons there ‘are
and to read what they say.
Coming
events
THE MEADOWS NURSING
CENTER AUXILIARY met recently
at the center in Dallas and several
new projects were revealed includ-
ing a series of Friendship Teas to be
held monthly at the nursing center
beginning on Feb. 24.
Local women’s organizations,
church and civic groups will be
invited to tea to acquaint the group
with the Meadows Nursing Center
and the work of the auxiliary. The
first invitations have been sent to
groups who have already worked
with the center in some capacity
and are the Idetown, Lehman and
Jackson United Methodist Churches,
Trinity United Presbyterian Women
and the Christian Mother’s Club of
Our Lady of arrows Church, West
Wyoming.
The auxiliary will host the 2nd
‘Annual Open House at the center on
Sunday, April 6 from 2-4 p.m. The
public is invited and refreshments
will be served.
The date was selected for the
Annual Flea Market. It will be June
14, and will be held around the pond
on the beautiful grounds of the
center. Any preliminary inquiries
for information from potential deal-
ers or vendors may be made to the
Activities Office at the center, 675-
8600, ext. 115.
The auxiliary gratefully accepted
a check from the Teens of Trinity
Presbyterian Church in the amount
of $50 to be added to the auxiliary’s
pledge to the Chapel Development
Fund.
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THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CABA-
RET held for the benefit of the
International Irish Teachers Pro-
gram at King’s College will be held
from 7:30 p.m. to midnight, Sunday,
Feb. 16, at Gus Genetti’s Best West-
ern Motor Inn, Washington and
Market Streets.
Tickets for the Cabaret are $5 and
can be obtained from the Allied
Health Department at King’s and
from local Irish groups. Tickets will
also be available at the door the
night of the event.
The Cabaret will feature the
music of Pat Roper and the Gene
Boylan Combo along with food and
a cash bar. Playing alternately
beginning at 7:30 p.m., the bands
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will play a variety of music ranging
from Irish and Scotch to big band
and country-western.
The International Irish Teachers
Program, held at King’s each July
for the past 10 years, provides a
three-week educational, cultural
and social program ‘for teachers
from Ireland. More than 250 teach-
ers have participated in the pro-
gram and more than 20 are
expected for this year’s events.
Karen Harch, co-anchor of
WNEP-TV’s 6 p.m: and 11 p.m.
“Newswatch 16’ newscasts, will be
honored at the Cabaret for her
participation and assistance in last
year’s Irish Teachers program.
More information on the Cabaret
can be obtained by contacting John
or Peg McKeown, co-chairpersons
of the event at 826-5853 or 822-9836.
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THE NORTHEAST PENNSYL-
VANIA CHAPTER OF THE AMER-
ICAN HEART ASSOCIATION will
hold a meeting for people interested
in developing a Wyoming County
Council of volunteers. The meeting
will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 5,
at 7 p.m., in the Prince Hotel,
Tunkhannock. Residents of Wyo-
ming County are invited to attend.
Topics of discussion include
American Heart Association pro-
grams and the establishment of a
volunteer council.
The American Heart Association
is a nationwide voluntary health
organization dedicated solely to the
prevention and treatment of car-
diovascular diseases and stroke.
The local office offers a free blood
pressure screening program, CPR
courses, heart-healthy cooking
classes, public and professional edu-
cation programs, and heart attack-
stroke victim support groups.
For additional information, con-
tact the Heart Office at 822-6247.
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THE WILKES-BARRE EDUCA-
TIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER
will present a special workshop on
state and federal financial aid for
college and technical school on
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at
Wilkes College, Stark. Learning
Center.
The free workshop will feature
Rachael Lohman, Director of Finan-
cial Aid at Wilkes College and an
expert on the varieties of aid availa-
ble for postsecondary education.
In 1985-86, well over half of the
full-time students enrolled in Penn-
sylvania colleges, universities and
other postsecondary schools
received some form of financial aid
to help meet the cost of attending
school. The EOC workshop will
focus on the varieties of aid availa-
ble in the form of grants, loans,
scholarships, and work-study pro-
grams.
Ms. Lohman will review the appl-
iction process and what determines
eligibility for aid. In addition, she
will discuss the timetable for apply-
ing for aid and provide an overview
of the current status of state and
federal financial aid programs.
The Educational Opportunity
Center, funded by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education, is a free career
and educational resource center for
adults. EOC specializes in helping
adults of any age who want to make
new career plans, re-enter the job
market, or return to college or
technical school. Free services
include career guidance, occupa-
tional interest testing, academic
counseling, financial aid informa-
tion, GED information, use of a
career resource library, and work-
shops on career and educational
options for adults.
The financial aid workshop will be
espcially geared for adults who
have returned or are planning to
return to school, as well as college-
bound high school students. Regis-
tration is requested and may be
made by calling EOC at 825-8435 by
Monday, Feb. 3.
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THE NORTHEAST PENNSYL-
VANIA CHAPTER of the American
Heart Association will hold a Luz-
erne County Council reorganiza-
tional meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6,
at 7 p.m. in the Kirby Health
Center, 71 North Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Residents of Luzerne
County are invited to attend.
The formation of a council of
fundraising, programming, and
communications volunteers will be
discussed.
Prior to the reorganizational
meeting, the Campaign Committee
will meet in the Kirby Health
Center at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the
1985-86 campaign drive.
The American Heart Association
currently offers Luzerne County res-
idents many education and commu-
nity service programs, including a
blood pressure screening, CPR
courses, and public and professional
education programs.
For additional information, con-
tact the Heart Office at 822-6247.
THE VISITATION COMMITTEE
of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Cham-
ber of Commerce will be meeting at
noon at the First Valley Hospital
located on Dana Street in Wilkes-
Barre.
The visitation will be on Thurs-
day, Feb. 27.
Scott Dietterick of Wyoming
Valley Insurance Agency is the
chairman of the committee.
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THE EVANS FALLS P.T.A.
announces it will hold a ‘Spring
Fling & Fun Day” on Saturday,
March 22 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The school is located on Rt. 309,
South of Tunkhannock.
For more information or to, make.
arrangements for table space,
please contact Cheryl Faux at 639-
2190.
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THE WYOMING SEMINARY
DRAMA AND MUSIC DEPART-
MENT will sponsor a performance
of Sandy Wilson’s musical play
“The Boyfriend” on Friday, Feb. 14
and Saturday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. in
the Harold C. Buckingham Perform-
ing Arts Center, Sprague Avenue,
Kingston. Tickets will be available
in advance for $2 at the Pettebone-
Dickson Student Center, Maple
Avenue.
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