Times Leader

Sunday, October 28, 2001 Page: 2D

THIS WEEK

United Mine Workers of America: District No. 2 Second Joint Constitutional
Convention, Monday-Tuesday, Lackawanna Station, Radisson Hotel, Scranton.
Early labor activist John Mitchell will be honored at 11 a.m. Monday at the
John Mitchell statue, Lackawanna County Courthouse Square. The convention
opens at 9 a.m. each day. For information, call (724) 379-8692.
Chamber membership luncheon: Greater Scranton chamber of Commerce. David A.
Sampson, U.S. assistant secretary of commerce for economic development, will
speak. 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Radisson Lackawanna Station, Scranton.
$20 per person. To register, call 342-7711.

Diabetes in the workplace: King’s College program. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday,
Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business. Call 208-5900,
extension 5700; e-mail [email protected] ; or go on line at www.kings.edu/hca.

E-file tax seminar: Internal Revenue Service and state Department of
Revenue. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Philadelphia. To register or for
information, call Lea Zacharka, IRS senior tax specialist, at (215) 861-1664
or write to her via e-mail at [email protected] .



Practical nursing admissions testing: Career Technology Center of
Lackawanna County. Admissions testing for March 2002 practical nursing class.


Pennsylvania One Call: Statewide nonprofit damage prevention organization
is holding free educational programs designed to help prevent damage to
underground utilities. They are designed for those involved for contractors
and designers (the evening of Nov. 14), facility owners (the morning of Nov.

are scheduled at the Woodlands Inn & Resort. For information on times or to
register, call (800) 248-1786, extension 7103. Registration is required; the
deadline is Nov. 7.

The Family Business Forum: “Keep or Sell Your Business ... and the New
Rules of Succession Planning, ” 8-11 a.m. Nov. 8, Burke Auditorium, William
G. McGowan School of Business, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. Registration is
required. Call Patrice R. Persico at 208-5972.

E-file tax seminars: Internal Revenue Service and state Department of
Revenue. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 6, Harrisburg and Nov. 8 Pittsburgh. To register
or for information, call Lea Zacharka, IRS senior tax specialist, at (215)




Worldwide Lessons in Leadership: Annual closed-circuit presentation by
national business practitioners and authorities. 10:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Nov. 7,
Cinemark at Montage Mountain. Hosted by Johnson Technical Institute. $199 per
person. (Reduced rates available for groups.) Call (800) 689-9771 or visit
lessonsinleadership.com on the Web.

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