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Wednesday, /
| Feb. 26
. THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
‘METHODIST CHURCH, 163 N.
Pioneer Avenue, will hold Bible
Study at 7:15 p.m.
DRUG THERAPY, urine and
blood glucose testing, and blood
glucose monitoring machines are
three of the topics to be presented
on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the
second of a six-part community
diabetes program sponsored by Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital.
Afternoon and evening sessions
“will be held at 1:30 and 7 p.m. in the
«classroom of the Nesbitt Medical
Arts Building, 53¢ Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston. Principal speakers will be
The free program is designed to
help provide the public with
increased awareness of the compli-
cations surrounding diabetes. For
more information, please call the
hospital’s education department at
288-1411, ext. 4035.
Thursday, /
Feb. 27
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH will hold
at 10:30 a.m.; Brownies Troop 929
will meet at 4 p.m.; Chancel Choir
rehearsal at 7:30 p.m.
VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM
WAR, Post 2 will meet Thursday,
Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. at the Coral
Lounge, 245 Owen St., Swoyersville.
. Election of officers will be held,
and refreshments served. A direc-
tory of the names on the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial in Washington
D.C. is available for references at
the meeting.
The Veterans of the Vietnam War,
Inc. is a full service organization
open to all veterans.
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THE WILKES COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY con-
tinues its Biology Lecture Series for
the 1985-86 academic year with a
presentation on Thursday, Feb. 27
at 8:15 p.m. in Stark Learning
Center Room 1. Dr. William Phelps
is the guest speaker for the evening,
and will speak on ‘‘The Biology of
Papilloma Viruses.” The lecture is
open to the public, free of charge.
William Phelps, an expert on pap-
illoma viruses, is currently a post-
doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of
Tumor Virus Biology at the
National. Cancer Institute. The
Institute is a division of the National
Institute of Health.
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STUDENTS AT PENN STATE
WILKES-BARRE will be participat-
ing in a Jump Rope and Dance for
Heart on Thursday, Feb. 27 from
noon until 3 p.m. in the Commons on
the Lehman Campus. Jump Rope
and Dance for Heart is an event
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
State Association for Health, Physi-
cal Education, Recreation and
Dance to benefit the American
Heart Association.
At the event, student teams will
jump rope for up to three hours,
collecting pledges from community
sponsors for every minute jumped.
Janie Griffin, coordinator for the
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Jump
Rope and Dance Events stated “The
students are actively participating
in the fight against Heart Disease--
the Nation’s Number One Killer. At
the sametime, they are learning
that experience is a key factor in
maintaining strong and healthy
hearts.”
The funds raised through Jump
Rope and Dance for Heart project
support research, education, and
community service programs of the
American Heart Association.
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THE LUZERNE-WYOMING
COUNTIES BUREAU FOR THE
AGING Retired Senior Volunteer
Program is sponsoring a two day
Medication Awareness Program for
senior adults. The program’s pur-
pose is to emphasize the importance
of keeping a record of all medica-
tion, following directions exactly,
and familiarization with over the
counter medication.
The program consists of a slide
presentation, ‘‘Treating Yourself
with Care” and the Brown Bag
Clinic. For the Brown Bag Clinic,
participants are asked to bring in
all their medications (Prescription
and non-prescription) for the phar-
macist to review. RSVP will be
assisted by pharmacists from the
Mercy Hospital.
The slide presentation and Brown
Bag Clinic was held at the Dallas
Senior Center.
Friday, /
Feb. 28
DAMIAN BREZINSKI, a 1984
graduate of King’s College and a
student at the John Hopkins Univer-
sity Medical School, will conduct a
slide presentation and lecture on
“Current Trends in Cardiology’ at 3
p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Room S-90
of King’s Administration Building.
Sponsored by the Center for Inde-
pendent Learning and the depart-
ment of biology at King’s, the pres-
entation will be open to the public
free of admission charges.
A native of Nanticoke, Brezinski
will begin a year of research in
cardiology at Harvard University in
March.
More information on the presenta-
tion can be obtained by contacting
Dr. Edmund Napieralski, director
of the King’s Center for Independent
Learning, at 826-5900, Extension 715,
Joma from 8: 30 a.m. to 4: 30
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March 1
A VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
materials Preview program and
clinic will be offered to churches of
the area in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania State Sunday School
Association. On Saturday, March 1,
the Preview will be held at the
Wyoming Avenue Christian Church
in Forty Fort, at 9:30 a.m. and also
at the Tunkhannock United Method-
ist Church on Church and Warren
Streets in Tunkhannock at 3 p.m.
The purpose of the VBS Preview
and Clinic is to give individual
churches opportunity to preview all
available 1986 VBS materials at one
time and in one location. Materials
from 17 denominational, cooperative
and independent publishers will be
colorfully displayed along with craft
ideas, visual aids and promotional
materials. Plenty of time will be
allowed for browsing and answering
questions, although none of the
materials will be endorsed or sold
during this Preview program.
Perhaps the most rewarding part
of the two-hour programs is the
excellent “mini-clinic’’ sessions that
provide good tips and ideas on how
to make your VBS ministry more
effective. Under the leadership of
Jan Cagno from the staff of the
Pennsylvania State Sunday School
Association, relevant ideas for the
successful planning, organization
and administration of VBS are dis-
cussed and presented in stimulating
visual fashion. Supportive ‘‘Idea
Sheets’ containing comprehensive
outlines on VBS work are also
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distributed to all participants at the
Preview.
These Previews are just ome of
the 29 that will be conducted
throughout the state during Febru-
ary and March. The public, as well
as Pastors, Sunday School leaders
and children’s workers, are cor-
dially invited to attend this free
program.
Sunday, /
March 2
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 N.
Pioneer Avenue 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; 4
p.m. Confirmation Class No. 1; 6
p.m. U.M. Youth Fellowship. :
Monday, /
March 3
CHAPTER 9 DISABLED AMERI-
CAN VETERANS will ‘meet on
Monday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Parsons VFW, Scott Street,
Wilkes-Barre
Commander Leo Myslak Jr. will
preside. Refreshments will be
served and all members are urged
to attend.
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THE NEW COMMUNITY SING-
ERS will meet at 7 p.m. at The
Shavertown United Methodist
Church, 163 N. Pioneer Avenue.
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“LEADERSHIP ROLES OF
WOMEN IN CHURCH” will be the
topic of a public lecture by Sister
Mary Boys, associate professor of
theology and religious education at
Boston College, to be held at 7:30
p.m. Monday, March 3, in the J.
Carroll McCormick Campus Minis-
try Center at King’s College.
Sponsored by the King’s Campus
Ministry, the lecture will be open to
the public free of admission charges
and will cover a number of topics,
including feminine spirituality,
women in ministry and equal part-
nerships in a faith community.
Sister Boys received her Bache-
lor’s degree in religion and humani-
ties from Fort Wright College and
her Master’s and Doctorate degrees
in religion and education from the
Columbia University and Union
Theological Seminary. She also
completed research work at the
Ecumenical Institute for Theologi-
cal Research in Jerusalem.
Sister Boys has served as a visit-
ing lecturer in religious education at
Claremont School of Theology, the
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Villanova University and John Car-
roll University. She is a member of
the Catholic Biblical Association,
the Society of Biblical Literature
and the Catholic Theological Society
of America.
More information on the lecture
can be obtained by contacting Mary
Anne Psomas, associate campus
minister at King’s at 826-5900, ext.
691.
Tuesday, /
March 4
THE HARVEYS LAKE DEMO-
CRATS would like to invite all
interested Democrats to their next
meeting scheduled for Tuesday,
March 4, at 7 p.m. at the Harveys
Lake Borough Building.
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GIRL SCOUT TROOP 634 will meet
at 6:30 p.m. and Parsonal Commit-
tee will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the
Shavertown - United Methodist
Church, 163 N. Pioneer Avenue.
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A GOVERNOR’S VETERANS
OUTREACH and Assistant Center
Representative will be at the Kings-
ton Township Municipal Building on
Tuesday, March 4 from 1:30 p.m. to
4:15 p.m. to help veterans or their
dependents with problems or ques-
tions relating to benefits.
Proof of veteran status or disabil-
ity is required. Appointments are
not necessary. Phone 825-7343.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Father J.J. O’Leary Council 8224
will conduct a spaghetti supper on
Thursday, March 6, at the Gate of
Heaven gymnasium, Machell Ave.,
Dallas.
Takeouts will be available to
those who provide their own con-
tainers. Donation is $3 for adults
and $1.50 for children. Tickets will
be on sale at the door the night of
the supper.
For more information, call 639-
1251 between 4 and 8 p.m.
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THE ALDERSON UNITED
METHODIST WOMEN will sponsor
a soup sale on Saturday, March 8, in
the basement of the church, Har-
veys Lake.
Pick-up time is between 10 a.m.
and noon and patrons are requested
to provide their own containers.
Deadline for orders is March 2.
Orders may be placed by call 639-
2864, 639-5253, or 639-5705.
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A NATIONAL TELECONFER-
ENCE titled “Enhancing U.S. Agri-
cultural Competitiveness Overseas”
will be presented Thursday, March
6, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at
the PSU Wilkes-Barre Campus,
Lehman.
The program will focus on global
marketing opportunities for agricul-
tural producers and processors.
Particular attention will be given
throughout the teleconference to the
interplay of finance, marketing,
transportation and government rela-
tions in trade programs.
The program will help econo-
mists, agriculturists, bankers,
transportation specialists, trade
councils and government officials
explore ways in which American
Agriculture has been successful in
marketing its product overseas and
the factors that have led to its
success.
The program is free, lunch is on
your own. Registration is requested
by March 4. Contact Tobi Gross-
man, Continuing Education, PSU
Wilkes-Barre Campus, 675-2171 or
Josephine Kotch, Extension Home
Economist, PSU Cooperative Exten-
sion Service Luzerne County 825-
1701 or 459-0736, ext. 701.
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THE UNITED METHODIST
WOMEN of the Maple Grove United
Methodist Church will hold a Rum-
mage Sale in the Church Hall on
Wednesday, March 5, from 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on Thursday,
March 6, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m.
The church is located on the
Sweet Valley Road in Pikes Creek
(just two tenths miles off PA 118.)
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A PUBLIC POETRY READING
by Samuel Hazo will be held at 7:30
p.m. Thursday, March 13, in Confer-
ence Rooms A & B of the Sheehy
Student Center at King’s College.
Featuring poetry related to nature
and the beauty of life, the perform-
ance is being sponsored by the
Academic Dean’s Office and the
Literature and the Arts Project
Team at King’s. The event will be
open to the public free of admission
charges.
More information on the perform-
ance can be obtained by contacting
John Ennis, associate professor of
English at King’ s at 826-5900, Exten-
sion 766.
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SPRING TRAINING FOR VOL-
UNTEERS in the Thresholds pro-
gram will be held March 15 and 16
at the Parish House of Prince of
Peace Episcopal Church in Dallas.
Thresholds is a course in decision
making taught to inmates at the
State Correctional Institution at
Dallas.
Volunteers are any individuals
from the local community, at least
20 years of age, who want to
commit themselves to helping
inmates prepare for readjustment
into community life. After the train-
ing weekend, volunteers will be
assigned an inmate on a person-to-
person basis for approximately two
hours a week for 10n weeks.
For more information, call Ingrid
Prater at 823-9548 or Sister Barbara
Craig at 287-6801 after 6 p.m. or
leave a message at 675-1723. The
mailing address for. Thresholds is
Box 71, Dallas, Pa. 18612.
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THE MAPLE GROVE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH is holding a
Craft Bazaar on Friday, March 14,
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on
Saturday, March 15, from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. A wide variety of handmade
items will be offered for sale to the
public.
Also, featured will be a bake sale
and hearty soups, hot dogs, wimpies
and ice cream will be available for
lunch or supper.
THE TUNKHANNOCK BUSI-
NESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION will
hold a St. Patrick’s Day Dance on
Saturday, March 15, from 9-12 at the
Nativity Hall in Tunkhannock. The
featured band will be the renowned
“Brother John.”
Tickets are $6.00 per person with
beer and set ups provided. Tickets
can be reserved by calling evenings
836-2245.
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TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE
for the Fellowship Club’s Annual
Roast Beef Dinner to be held at the
Shavertown United Methodist
Church on Wednesday, March 12,
from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Social Room.
Cost of the tickets: $5.00 for adults;
$2.00 Children (12 and under);
under 3 free.
Contact Marla Karalunas (696-
4466) or any club member to obtain
tickets.
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