There are many facets to what the average person calls ‘‘entertain- ment” — movies, TV, music, travel, ete. But what can be a more basic form of entertain- ‘ment than read- ing a good book? People are for- tunate nowadays because they can buy paperbacks at reasonable prices, join book clubs, and borrow hard- cover, more expensive books at libraries. They are also afforded book reviews, and lists of the top- selling books and Literary Guild Selections. For avid readers, Howard Fast’s series of books is strongly recom- mended. It is the saga of the Lav- ette family as revealed by Fast in “The Immigrant”, “The Legacy’, ‘“The Establishment’’, and the newly-published “The Immigrant’s: Daughter’’, which recently made the top ten best-seller list. Another area that now tends to be overlooked, because of VCR's, satel- lite dishes, and other forms of modern technology, is the radio. In the past, the radio was to people what TV is to everyone today. Radio stations exist nearly every- where, in small towns, cities, and major metropolitan centers. Radio’s two services are classified into amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM). Now more than 60 years old, radio broad- casting has also undergone a revolu- tion. Listeners at one time favored AM radio, but now FM stations collectively attract more than 60 percent of the listenership because of new competitive formats, supe- rior high-fidelity sound, stereo- phonic capability, and station cover- age. The Radio Advertising Bureau reports that 99 percent of all U.S. homes are radio-equipped, with 5.5 radio sets in an average household. Total radio listening per person averages three hours per day. Despite the fact that television has overshadowed radio, radio has more mobility and portability. Lis- teners may use radio at almost any time in almost any location. People may listen to radio while engaged in other activities. In other words, radio is an extremely flexible medium. It is interesting to note that radio achieves its highest audi- ence levels between 6 and 10 a.m. and then declines to its lowset level during the evening (prime-time tele- For listening pleasure, area resi- dents have many radio station, such as WNAK-73AM, WILK-98AM, WARM-590AM, WNAK-730AM, WBAX-1240AM, WBEQ-1300AM, WBQW-1320AM, WARD-1540AM; WRGN-88.1FM, WRKC-88.5FM, WVIA-89.9FM, WLCH-90.7FM, WMJW-92FM and WKRZ-98.5FM. In the realm of theater, area Eddie (Continued from page 1) wasn’t with his eyes, but tha was probably something behind them causing his poor vision. The assumption was correct when a CAT scan revealed the presence of an aneurism or growth. Eddie was immediately taken to Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia and operated on five days later. After four hours of surgery, a malignant growth was found on his pituitary gland. Radiation was chosen as the best form of treatment and when doctors found out the Turchins lived near the Wilkes-Barre Gen- eral Hospital (the family lives in Ceasetown in Jackson Town- ship), they strongly suggested Eddie’s therapy be done there. “They said the General had the best type of facility for his par- ticular problem and that he would probably respond better being in his home environment,” _ Mrs. Turchin said. ‘‘And he did.” Eddie began a series of 29 treatments of heavy dosages of radiation concentrated on the brain area that began in early November and continued until the beginning of December. The outlook didn’t look good, but the tumor did gradually begin to shrink. He hasn’t received any treat- ments since, although he still -takes three types of medication and has to see one of three specialists every five or six months. Despite all the adver- sity, Eddie has taken it all in stride. : “He was only eight years old at the time and he never com- plained,” Mrs. Turchin