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Wednesday/
Feb. 19
THE REV. DR. JULE AYERS of
Kingston will be the featured
speaker at the Lehman United
Methodist Church Ecumenical
Lenten Service, on Feb. 19, 7:30
p.m.
Rev. Ayers is Pastor Emeritus of
the First Presbyterian Church
Wilkes-Barre, having served there
for 39 years from 1944 to 1983. He is
a graduate of University of Michi-
gan and Union Theological Semi-
nary, NYC. Rev. Ted Lorah and the
Maple Grove UMC will provide spe-
cial music. Rev. Bill Lukesh and
Rev. Paul Kenyon will assist in the
service.
Host pastor will be Rev. Michael
Shambora. Offerings will be
donated to United Methodist Relief
and Teen Challenge. The public is
cordially invited to attend. Refresh-
ments will be served after the
service.
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THE SORDONI ART GALLERY
of Wilkes College will present an
exhibition and sale of original 19th
and 20th century graphic works
from Japan, Europe, and America
on Wednesday, Feb. 19, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of Stark
Learning Center. Featured are
works belonging to the Frank Lyons
Collection of Baltimore, Maryland.
The collection includes 19th cen-
tury etchings and lithographs, con-
temporary and antique Japanese
woodblocks, modern works in lithog-
raphy, silkscreen and intaglio, pho-
tographs from 1860 to 1960, and a
variety of contemporary poster art.
Artists represented included Brad-
ley, Cheret, Haden, Watanabe,
Tanaka, Coburn, Halsman, Sander
and Steiglitz, among others.
The exhibition will feature an
informal showing of the works
offered for sale, and a knowledgea-
ble representative will be on hand to
answer questions. Over 500 pieces
are featured. All are well-matted
and prices begin at $10.00. Further
information can be obtained by con-
tacting the Sordoni Art Gallery at
824-4651, ext. 388.
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THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 N.
Pioneer Ave., will hold a Bible
Study at 7:15 p.m.
Thursday/
Feb. 20
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 N.
Pioneer Ave., will hold Bible Study
at 10:30 a.m.; Brownies Troop 929,
will meet at 4 p.m.; Chancel Choir
will rehearse at 7:30 p.m.
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THE SWEET SOUND OF JAZZ
will fill the air at the Wilkes-Barre
Campus of The Pennsylvania State
University this spring with two con-
certs on the 1986 Special and Cul-
tural Events schedule.
The Bill Kirchner Jazz Ensemble
will bring its clean, crisp New York
sound to the Community Center on
the campus in Lehman, on Thurs-
day, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Known for the
ability to captivate audiences of all
ages and tastes, the Ensemble com-
bines popular, classical jazz, and a
number of their own original com-
positions for a sound you weould
expect to find only in a New York
City nightclub.
If a more mellow, California style
jazz is to your liking, come hear the
group Northwind which will bring
its intriguing blend of soft jazz and
blues to the Penn State Wilkes-
Barre Community Center at 8 p.m.
on April 22.
Both concerts are free of charge
as part of the Penn State Wilkes-
Barre Special and Cultural Events
Series, the public is welcome to
attend.
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THE FEBRUARY FELLOWSHIP
SUPPER will be served at 6:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Feb. 20. at the Hunts-
ville Christian Church overlooking
the Huntsville Dam. Following the
meal, there will be a program
featuring the Covenant Players, a
Christian Drama Group. They will
living. The Covenant Players is a
Christian organization that travels
in teams throughout the United
States.
Guests are welcome to the cov-
ered dish supper and may obtain
more information from Rev. Cliff
PILED
Jones, pastor of the church at 675-
0611.
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THE DADDOW ISAACS AMERI-
CAN LEGION Auxiliary Unit 672
will hold its monthly meeting at the
Post Home, Thursday, Feb. 20 at 8
p.m.
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“UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Teen
Suicide, Everyone’s Concern” and
‘“What’s A Parent To Do?,” two
video documentaries produced
locally by MLA Productions, Inc., in
association with King’s College will
premiere locally at 10 p.m. and
10:30 p.m., respectively, Thursday,
Feb. 20, on WVIA-TV Channel 44.
Produced and directed by Dr.
Anthony Mussari, professor and
chairperson of the mass communi-
cations department at King’s,
“Unfinished Business: Teen Suicide,
Everyone's Concern’’ was funded by
Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre; the
Pennsylvania State Education Asso-
ciation, Harrisburg; the Alliance for
Creative Development, Quakertown
and Lansdale; the Quakertown
Community Hospital; and, The
Fairmount Institute, Philadelphia.
“Unfinished Business: Teen Sui-
cide, Everyone’s Concern’ revolves
around a one-week workshop, ‘‘Sui-
cide: Ethical, Educational and
Societal Issues,” held at Lehigh.
University in June, 1985. The cul-
tural, intellectual, social and philo-
sophical trends influencing suicide
victims, the ways that parents,
teachers and community leaders
are responding to the increasing
number of teenage suicides and the
problems encountered by people
trying to change public policies
concerning suicide are discussed.
“What’s a Parent To Do?’ was
filmed on location in Quakertown,
Emmaus, Wilkes-Barre, Shamokin
and New York City. The documen-
tary focuses on the suicide issue
from the viewpoint of parents and
what they can do to help teenagers
who may be contemplating suicide.
Several parents of teenage suicide
victims and a teenager who
attempted suicide are featured. A
suicide prevention program in
Quakertown is also examined.
Friday/
Feb. 21
SCRANTON PUBLIC THEATRE
will open the comedy, ‘The Dining
Room” by A.R. Gurney, Jr., on
Friday, Feb. 21, at the Lucan
Center for the Arts in downtown
Scranton.
The show runs February 21, 2, 23
and 28 and March 1, 2, 7 and 8. The
SEnior Citizens matinee is Satur-
day, February 22, at 2 p.m.
Donation for the matinee is $2.
Curtain for all Friday and Saturday
performances is 8:15 p.m. Curtain
for Sunday performances is 7:30
p.m.
For further information and ticket
reservations, call 344-3656.
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THE GREATER WILKES-
BARRE CHAMBER OF COM-
MERCE has rescheduled its Febru-
ary Commerce Club. Commerce
Club will be held February 21, 12
noon at Genetti’s Best Western in
Wilkes-Barre. The rescheduling is
the result of the February 7 snow-
fall.
Larry DeYoung of Conrail will
continue to be the guest speaker.
To make reservations for Com-
merce Club, call Tilly Kalish at the
Chamber at 823-2101.
Saturday/
Feb. 22
THERE WILL BE Little League
Registration at The Shavertown
United Methodist Church, 163 N.
Pioneer Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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THE HARVEYS LAKE LITTLE
LEAGUE sign up is Saturday, Feb.
22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Robert
Wintersteen Rec. Building. Birth
certificates for new players and a
$10.00 registration fee for each
family. All players must register,
including major leagues.
WYOMING VALLEY RESI-
DENTS will get a chance to “Know
their Philharmonic” at another in a
series of pre-concert appreciation
programs co-sponsored by the Phil-
harmonic League of Wilkes-Barre
and Pennsylvania State University
Wilkes-Barre.
' The lecture will be held Saturday,
Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Kirby
Health Center, 71 North Franklin
Street, directly across from the
Irem Temple Concert Hall. Follow-
ing the lecture refreshments will be
served, but the group will be
adjourned in time to be seated at
the concert, scheduled to begin at
8:30 p.m. The performance will
feature the music of Bach, Britten
and Beethoven.
The evening’s lecturer will be
Robert L. Edwards, Music Director
of Sinfonia da Camera, this area’s
only professional chamber orches-
tra. Also to his credit, Edwards is a
musical director for two of this
area’s three regional oratorio socie-
ties, the Singer’s Guild of Scranton,
and the Greater Hazleton Oratorio
Society. An adjunct member of the
University of Scranton, he served as
classical music director at WYZZ
for 16 years, and is founder of the
first Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic Chorus.
Edwards will provide tips to those
attending the concert on how to
listen and what to listen for in hopes
of increasing audience appreciation
of the musicians and the music.
Further information and registra-
tion forms for the lecture may be
obtained from Tobi Grossman, Con-
tinuing Education Department,
Penn State Wilkes-Barre, P.O. Box
PSU, Lehman, PA 18627-0217 or
phone 675-2171.
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A PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE
SUPPER will be held on Saturday,
February 22, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the
East Dallas United Methodist
Church.
The menu will consist of pan-
cakes, sausage, eggs, pie and coffee
and will be served family style.
Tickets may be purchased at the
door.
Sunday/
Feb. 23
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 N.
‘Pioneer Ave., lists the following
events: 9 a.m., Children’s Choir
rehearsal; 9:20 a.m., Cherub Choir
rehearsal; 9:30 a.m. Church School
for all ages; 11 a.m. Worship; 5:30
p.m. Dinner and Orientation - 1986
Confirmation Class; 6 p.m. U.M.
Youth Fellowship.
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THE MS SELF HELP GROUP
will hold their first meeting of the
year on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m.
at Genetti’s Best Wester, Wilkes-
Barre in the Redwood Room.
The speaker will be Ira C. Gross-
man, M.D., a Kingston urologist.
Dr. Grossman is a graduate of
SUNY Downstate Medical Center,
New York. He is certified by the
American Board of Urology and is
on active staff of Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital and Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital. He has had publications in
the Journal of Urology and Urology,
and has made several presentations
to the AUA and the Urological
Association of Pa.
All MS patients, family and
friends and the public are invited to
attend. For more information call
696-1782.
Monday /
Feb. 24
THE CLASS OF 1961 of West Side
Central Catholic High School will
conduct an organizational meeting
on Monday, February 24, at 7:30
p.m. in the conference room of
Bishop O'Reilly High School to
make plans for its 25th anniversary
class reunion.
Any persons interested are wel-
come to attend. For further infor-
mation, contact Pat Gallagher
Smaka at 675-3724.
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WILKES-BARRE GENERAL
HOSPITAL’S ‘‘Parenting Class’’
will be held on Monday, Feb. 24 at 7
p.m. in the dining room on the first
floor.
The two-hour class is open to
expectant and first-time parents or
any other parents who wish to learn
more about the psychological or
emotional aspects of being a parent.
Physicians from the hospital’s
Obstetrics and Pediatrics depart-
ments will discuss topics such as
preparing for parenthood; home
routines and bedtime problems;
children’s thumb-sucking, crying,
sleeping and bonding; self-quieting
skills; consistency in parents’
behavior; the importance of parents
spending time alone; when to call a
physician.
The class is free of charge.
To register or for more informa-
tion, call Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital’s Nursing Service Department,
‘Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to
3:30 p.m., 829-8111, extensions 2205
or 3048.
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NEW COMMUNITY SINGERS
will meet at 7 p.m. and the Trustees
will meet at 7:30 p.m. at The
Shavertown United Methodist
Church, 163 N. Pioneer Ave.
Tuesday/
Feb. 25
WILKES-BARRE GENERAL
HOSPITAL'S special sibling class,
“Our New Addition,” will be held on
Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. in
Saidman Hall on the hospital’s first
floor. The two hour class, held
every - eight weeks, is designed to
promote family bonding and to help
lessen the anxiety of a child who
might feel threatened by the arrival
of a new baby into the family.
It is open free-of-charge to par-
ents who are already enrolled in
General’s childbirth course and
thier children, and to others expect-
ing a baby within two months of the
sibling class.
To register or for more informa-
tion call the hospital’s Nursing Serv-
ice Department, Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 829-8111,
extensins 2205 or 3048. Next class
date is Tuesday, April 22.
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MARC HOLTZMAN, Republican
Congressional candidate, will be
guest speaker at the West Side &
Kingston Business and Professional
Women’s Organization meeting,
Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m., at Konefal’s
Restaurant, Edwardsville. His topic
will be “Women and Legislation.”
Women interested in attending
should contact Dolores Tamanini,
membership chairman, at 675-6199.
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“DIET AND THE MANAGE-
MENT OF DIABETES,” a program
sponsored by the Mercy Hospital
Wellness Center in Wilkes-Barre,
will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at
7 p.m. Speaker will be Angela Kole-
sar, a registered dietitian with the
Saga Corporation at Mercy Hospi-
tal.
Topics to be discussed at this
program include: meal planning;
portion sizes; snacking; fiber;
exchange list use; using diet foods;
sick-day eating.
The program will be held at the
Mercy Hospital Medical Arts Build-
ing. There is a nominal enrollment
fee. To register call the Mercy
Wellness Center at 826-3553, Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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SENIOR GIRL SCOUTS, Troop
634 will meet at 6:30 p.m., and
Evergreen 4-H at 7 p.m. at The
Shavertown United Methodist
Church, 163 N. Pioneer Ave.
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KUNKLE UNITED METHODIST
WOMEN are holding a Welsh
Cookie Sale, Feb. 25 and 26, at the
Kunkle Fire Hall.
The cookies are $1.50 per dozen.
Orders can, be placed by calling,
675-2885 or ‘675-1514 or contacting
any member of the Kunkle United
Methodist Women.
Next
week
Sponsor a ‘“‘Cardiovascular Update
Seminar” to be held on Wednesday,
Feb. 26, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
medical center’s Learning Resource
Center.
The seminar is designed for and
opened to nursing agencies, private
duty nurses, home health agencies
and nursing homes.
Instructors for the program will
be Beatrice Martin, R.N., and Diane
Pachucy, R.N., patient educators at
Geisinger-Wyoming Valley. Topics
of discussion will include cardiovas-
cular disease entities, a pharmacol-
ogy update, a review and update of
pace makers, understanding and
new diagnostics and treatments,
and a practice session (hands-on)
using EKG’s and Holter Monitors
(ambulatory EKG’s).
For more information and regis-
tration, please contact the Geisin-
ger-Wyoming Valley Medical
Center’s Education Depatment at
826-7624. There is a $25 fee to cover
the costs of the program.
Coming
events
DR. WILLIAM F. MAY, the Cary
‘M. Maguire University Professor of
Ethics at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity, will speak on ‘“‘New Devel-
opments in Biomedical Ethics” at
the annual Moreau Lecture at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, April 9, in the J.
Carroll McCormick Campus Minis-
try Center, Franklin and Jackson
Streets, at King’s College.
Sponsored by the Holy Cross Com-
munity at King’s, the lecture will be
open to the public free of admission
charges.
Founder and former chairman of
the Department of Religious Studies
at Indiana University, May is a
graduate of Princeton University
and obtained his Master’s and Doc-
toral degrees from Yale University.
Before joining Southern Methodist
University, May served as the
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Professor
Christian Ethics of the Kennedy
Institute of Ethics at Georgetown
University. ;
May is a former president of the
American Academy of Religion and
a Founding Fellow of the Hastings
Center, where he served as co-
chairman of the institute’s research
group on death and dying. His
essay, ‘‘Professional Ethics: Set-
ting, Teacher and Terrain,” was
published as part of the Hastings
Center project on the teaching of
ethics in America. He is also the
author of “A Catalogue of Sins’ and
“The Physician’s Covenant; Images
of the Healer in Medical Ethics.”
The Moreau Lecture is held
annually at King’s in honor of Fr.
Basil Anthony Moreau, C.S.C., foun-
der of the Holy Cross Community of
priests and brothers.
More information on the lecture
can be obtained by contacting the
Rev. William Ribando, C.S.C., lec-
ture chairperson, at 826-5900, exten-
sion 489.
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JOSEPH ABATE, M.D., cardiolo-
gist with the Geisinger-Wyoming
Valley Medical Center and the Geis-
inger Medical Group in Wilkes-
Barre, will be instructing a continu-
ing education course at Wilkes Col-
lege titled “How to Prevent Heart
Disease.”
Classes will be held at Wilkes
beginning Tuesday, April 1 from 6
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will run
consecutively through May 6. The
course is designed for anyone who
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has a personal or professional inter-
est in learning how to help prevent
heart disease. There is a $30 fee for
the course.
Dr. Abate serves as the Director
of Cardiology for the Geisinger
Medical Group-Wilkes-Barre, as
well as the medical director for the
Group’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Pro-
gram.
A graduate of Wilkes College and
the Hahnemann Medical College,
Dr. Abate has special interests in
preventive and rehabilitative car-
diology and risk factor modification.
Additional information and registra-
tion may be obtained by contacting
the Wilkes College Department of
Graduate Studies and Continuing
Education at 824-4651, extension 225.
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MYRON KANDEL, financial
editor of Cable News Network
(CNN), will present a public lecture
at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, in
the J. Carroll McCormick Campus
Ministry Center at King’s College.
Part of the annual meeting of
King’s Business Division Advisory
Council, the lecture will be open to
the public free of admission
charges.
Kandel joined CNN in 1980 after
serving as financial editor of the
“Washington Star,” the “New York
Herald Tribune” and the ‘New
York Post.” He was also a financial
reporter and copy editor for the
“New York Times,” an editor of the
“New York Law Journal” and a
foreign correspondent covering Ger-
many and the European Common
Market for the “New York Herald
Tribune.”
A graduate of Brooklyn College
and the Columbia Graduate School
of Journalism, Kandel is the found-
ing editor of several financial news-
letters, including “The Wall Street
Letter” and ‘Review of the Finan-
cial Press.” He served as president
of the Society of American Business
and Economic Writers, the Deadline
Club Chapter of the Society for
Professional Journalists and the
Alumni Association of the Columbia
Graduate School of Journalism.
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GIRL SCOUT TROOP 706 is spon-
soring a Reading Bus Trip on Satur-
day, March 1. The bus will leave the
Lehman-Jackson School, Lehman at
7:30 and return approximately 9
p.m. Cost is $15.00, no refunds.
For reservation or information
call 675-5700. ;
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SINFONIA DA CAMERA, North-
eastern Pennsylvania’s professional
Chamber Orchestra, will present
“An American Celebration” on Sat-
urday, March 1 at the Buckingham
Center for the Performing Arts at
Wyoming Seminary in Kingston.
This is the second concert under
the leadership of Robert L.
Edwards, Music Director. It will
feature the work of two American
composers, Aaron Copland and
Edward MacDowell.
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AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEET-
ING of the Trucksville United Meth-
odist Women was held recently in
the Memorial Room to plan for the
annual bazaar. The dates and times
for the bazaar have been set for
Thursday, Nov. 6 from 4 to 8 p.m.
and Friday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. Supper will be served on
Thursday and both lunch and
supper will be served on Friday.
A large selection of handmade
crafts, including Knitted sweaters,
crocheted and hand painted items,
aprons, quilting and needlecraft will
be sold along with homemade
baking goods and candy. A hand-
made quilt will also be sold.
NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL is sponsoring an Arthritis
Clinic on Wednesday, Feb. 26, from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Nesbitt
Medical Arts Building, 534 Wyoming
Ave., Kingston.
Dr. John Carey, a specialist in
arthritis and rheumatology, con-
ducts the program which provides
physical examination and treatment
plan. The results are forwarded to
the patient’s physician for consulta-
tion input and followup care.
Patients requiring orthopedic or
corrective surgery or extensive
physical therapy are tested with a
multidisciplinary approach known
as CORE (Combined Orthopedic
and Rheumatologic Evaluation).
Patients, referred by their physi-
cian, must make an appointment
with the Arthritis Clinic by calling
Nesbitt’s Outpatient Registration
office at 288-1411, extension 4130,
Monday through Friday, from 1 to 4
p.m.
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