THE EDUCATION SERV- ICES DEPARTMENT of Mercy Hospital will present an Intro- ductory Smoke Stoppers pro- gram on Wednesday, Feb. 3 in the Terrazzo Room of the Medi- cal Arts Building, 8 Church St., Wilkes-Barre. Starting time is 7:30 p.m. The Smoke Stoppers program is divided into three phases: preparing to become a non- smoker, becomeing a non- smoker, and staying a non- smoker. During the Phase One Introductory session, material will be distributed concerning smoking, the hospital’s Smoke Stoppers program, and the indi- viduals conducting the pro- gram; all intended to preapre participants to stop smoking. The public is invited to the Introductory Session, free of charge. For information, call Mercy Hospital at 826-3553. DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL Clas of 1963 will hold a reunion meet- ing at the home of Dorothy Cleasby Ladamus, 164 Park St., Dallas, on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in attending is welcome. For more information call 675-6461. APOSTOLIC FAITH TABER- NACLE, Village Road, Orange will have special services, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. Pastor Jessie Edwards and family of Phila- delphia will minister in song and the Word of God. Everyone is welcome. Host pastor is Rev. - Frank Chorba. Phone 333-5172. Ox BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY will be the site of the Northeast National Wrestling Champion- ships to be held Saturday, Feb. 6. The event will be staged in the university’s Nelson Field- house and will determine the top elementary team or club as well s the best individual per- formers in the northeastern United States. Boys in grades kindergarten through sixth are eligible to participate in the tourney as long as they haven’t reach 13 years of age. There will be several weight classes in three age divisions including: eight . years of age and under (40, 45, 50, 55, 60," 65 and 70 pounds), nine and 10 years of age (50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 105 and unlimited), and 11 and 12 years of age (60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 115 and unlimited). Individual awards will be presented to the top four place winners in each weight class and the top three squads in the team competition. Weigh-ins are scheduled in the Nelson Fieldhouse for Friday, Feb. 5, from 7-8 p.m. and Satur- day morning from 7:30-9 a.m. Interested persons should con- tact Tom Martucci during the day at 717-389-4282 or Bill Pasu- kinis in the evenings 717-925- 6952. -0- SIGN-UP for Harveys Lake Teeners Baseball for 13 to 15 year olds is February 6 and March 5 from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Harveys Lake Municipal Build- ing at Sunset. Registration fee is $20.00. THE NINTH ANNUAL dioce- san ‘‘Ethnic’’ Rosary Devotion will be held in St. Peter’s Cathe- dral, Scranton, on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 3 p.m. The principal speaker for the afternoon will be the Rev. Kenneth E. Seegar of St. Aloysius Church, Wilkes- Barre. The five decades of the Rosary will be recited in Slovak, Gaelic (Irish), Polish, Italian and Lithuanian, and the Diocesan Pilgrim Virgin Statue will be crowned by the -Irish Ceili Dancers of East End. The St. Michael’s Slovak Choir of ° Jessup will give a concert of Spiritual Hyms a half-hour before the devotion. Anyone who can say the ‘Hail Mary’’ in unison in either Wr WORLD WRESTLING FELERAYICON GEORGE “THE ANIMAL” STEELE ©1987 TitanSports, inc. For Newspaper Use Only, Professional wrestling The World Wrestling Federation will be at Bishop O’Reilly High School, Kingston, February 9. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. and is being sponsored by the Blue and Gold Club of Bishop O'Reilly High School in Kingston. Tickets are $9 for general admission and $12 for ringside- reserved and are on sale at the following Gallery of Sound locations: Wyoming Valley Mall, Gateway Shopping Center and the Dallas Shopping Center in Dallas. Slovak, ‘Gaelic (Irish), Polish, Italian, or Lithuanian, is encouraged to joi nthe other participants at the Cathedral at 2:30 p.m. Also, traditional Ethnic Dress is most welcome on this memorable afternoon. SISTER M. DAVIDA, Princi- pal, announces that the Kinder- garten and First-grade registra- tion for 1988-1989 school year will be on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Feb. 8, 9 and 10, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Also, parents may register any other grade during this time. Kindergarten children from Gate of Heaven must register for first grade at this time. 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Kindergarten open house is Monday, Feb. 8 from 9 to 11 a.m. Since uniforms are worn from K to 8, children will be measured during registration; otherwise, uniform measure- ment dates are: (Girls) BES Uniform Co. - May 18, 1988 at . 8:30 a.m.; (Boys) Greene Uni- form Co. - April 27, 1988 at 8:30 a.m. (Gate of Heaven also has a uniform-exchange program.) -0- AN ALUMNI music recital will be held at the Darte Center for the Performing Arts on Wilkes College campus Sunday, Feb. 7 at 3:30 p.m. Included in the performance will be Andrea Bogusko, who was recently named to the 1987 International Who’s Who in Music, and Mau- reen McDermott, a flutist who Pier 111 at Sunset Harveys Lake, PA The Back Mountain's Newest Restaurant Banquet Facilities Also Available... Call for open dates — holiday bookings going fast. 7% Pig Harveys Lake, PA OPEN DAILY 5 p.m.-11 p.m. Closed Monday Sunday 1 p.m.-8 p.m. 639-2000 is currently a private teacher and performing musician in the Delaware area. Both are alumni of Wilkes. -0- LUZERNE COUNTY MOTH- ERS OF TWINS announce their meeting will be held on Febru- ary 8 at 8 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Academy and S. River Streets, Wilkes-Barre. Mothers of multiples are wel- comed. The club will be cele- brating their 16th anniversary at this meeting. For further information cntact Michelle Cooms, 639-2699. THE REGULAR monthly meeting of the LAKE-LEHMAN BOARD OF SCHOOL DIREC- TORS will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. in the library ofthe Lehman-Jackson Elemen- tary School. Dr. John H. Pres- per, President, will preside. -0- THE ANTHRACITE JIM BEAM BOTTLE CLUB will meet on February 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Konefal’s Restaurant, Main Street, Edwardsville. Final reading of the suggested amend- ment to our constitution will follow with its acceptance or rejection. As usual, visitors are always welcome. -0- RIVERSIDE ADULT DAY CARE CENTER, 220 S. River St., Plains, will be offering Free Blood Pressure checks on Tues- day, Feb. 9 from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 - 3 p.m. There will also be blood sugar screenings on this date for a fee of $2.00. RESTAURANT COMING LEE STRUBECK ON PIANO & VOCALS FEB. 6th, 12th, 20th — SOMETHING SPECIAL — WITH DIANE DIXON WED., FEB. 3rd SPECIAL VALENTINE WEEKEND DINNER SPECIALS AND A SURPRISE FOR YOUR LADY MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW RESERVATIONS 655-2500 1705 RIVER RD. (Nest to'8th St. Bridge) CITIZENS COMMITTEE OF KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Area is having a pierogie and pastie sale on February 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 pm. at 199 Main St., Luzerne. If you wish, you may place your order by calling 696- 1658. Help save our environ- ment. -0- THE PARKINSONS DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Adult Day Care Center, 220 S. River St., Plains. The speaker for the evening will be Charles Obeid, Pharmacist for Sheehans Phar- macy. This meeting is free and open to the public. THE WILKES-BARRE YMCA will be sponsoring a Swim Your Own Age Meet on March 12 at Dr. David Kistler Elementary School, Old River Road, Wilkes- Barre. The 13th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Swim Meet is open to all boys and girls 6 thru 12 years of age. The girls meet will be held in the morning with the warm up beginning at 8:45 a.m. and the meet beginning at 9:30 a.m. The boy’s meet being in the afternoon with warm ups at 1:15 p.m. Meet beginning at 2 p.m. Swimmers may enter an unlimited number of events. Rosettes will be given out to first six finishers in each event. Also, an outstanding swimmer award will be given to each boy and girl who scores the most - points in all age groups. All entries must be mailed to Gene McGuire, 285 Academy St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. Any questions, please call the “Y” at (717) 823-2191 and ask for Jim Thomas or (717) 829-1894, Gene McGuire. 0 WILKES-BARRE General Hospital’s Education Depart- ment will hold its ASTHMA CLASS for children with bron- chial asthma and their families on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 6-8 p.m. in Alumni Hall, Third Floor East. Class participants will learn about asthma triggers and symptoms, relaxation teck, niques and breathing exercises:™ The class is free of charge. For more information, call Wilkes-Barre General Hospital’s Education Department at 829- 8111, extension 2300. -0- THE DRAMA and music departments at WYOMING SEMINARY will present their winter musical production ‘“The Pirates of Penzance’ on Friday, Feb. 12 and Saturday, Feb. 1. The production will be held a#®, p.m. in the Harold C. Bucking- ham Performing Arts Center, Sprague Avenue. The perform- ance is open to the public. 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