Commissioned Officers' Mess Tickets are now available at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess office for a dinner theatre night on Tuesday, Feb. 10, starring the Alpha-OJnega players in Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite." " Plaza Suite" details the misadventures of three widely different couples as they face crucial, though howlingly . funny moments in their respective lives. The three one-act plays are linked together by being set in the same sumptuous suite in Manhattan's most elegant hotel. The Alpha-OJnega Players is one of three such touring companies organized by the Repertory Theater of America. Annually the group covers about 50,000 miles each, playing one-night stands in communities from Maine to California and parts of Caoada. Their production style is very simple, using a minimum of props and scenery and creating a mood and at- mosphere in the imagination of the audience. "Plaza Suite," will begin at 8 o'clock and be preceded from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. by a buffet dinner consisting of chicken ala Kiev, rice pilaf, haked potato, and Italian vegetables. A price of fl per Person is being charged for this evening of dining and en- tertainment. Reservations, which can be made by calling the COM office at 446-2549 before Friday, Feb. 6, are a must. Chief PeHy Officers' Club A local group, the Jerry Franks Trio, will be providing the musical entertainment tonightat the Chief Petty Officers' Club. For those who enjoy country western music, the trio will be performing from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30a.m. Before the evening's entertainment begins, dinner from a menu that offers a choice of prime rib of beef or Icelandic cod, will be served from 6t08:30p.m. Renowned concert pianist Kochanski to perform tonight Micionados of concert piano music will have the opportunity to enjoy a program tonight at the Center theater by a man who is recognized as one of the world's finest concert pianists. Wladimir Jan Kochanski will be here to present a concert that will begin at 7o'clock. For those who haven't yet purchased their tickets for this program, the Center theater box office will be open from 4:30 p.m. until the starting time for the concert. The price of admission ror this program, which is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is $S for general ad- mission and $4 each for senior citizens, -fuUtime students, and enlisted military personnel. Kochanski, a serious classiciat musician, is a tall, slender pianist who has a dazzling technique apd mastery of the keyboard that makes even the most difficult feats appear effortless. He has been acclaimed by many as the greatest pianist since Paderewslti. For his concert here this evening, Kochanski will play selections by such well- known composers as Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. Metal Trades Council slates monthly meeting The Indian Wells Valley Metal Trades Council will hold its next regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 65-B Halsey St., China Lake. The meeting will begin at 7:30p.m. The council is the repreientative of a unit composed of the Center's non-adult, ungraded civilian employees who are located at China Lake. ROCKETEER PETTY OFFICER LOUNGE REFURBISHED - Complelion of some work done by volunteers to refurbish the peHy officer lounge at the Enlisted Mess was the occasion for a ribbon-cutting ceremony joined in by Capt. J. E. Doolittle (at left). head of the NWC Aircraft Department, and Capt. R. 8. "Crash" Nash. executive officer of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five. Visible in the background as the ribbon was cut is Chi.f Ron Famisan, assistant manager of the EM. Soon to be renamed the Flight Deck. the lounge for 3rd through 1st class petty officers was renovated by a group of volunteers headed by AOl Chuck Thomes and AOl larry Woolfer. -Photo by Don Cornelius Curtain goes up on 'Murder Is Announced' tonight at 8: 15 Two more performances remain of Sierra Sands Adult School's, F.U.N. (flamboyant, unahashed, nighttime) Theatre's produc- tion of the Agatha Christie mystery, "A Murder Is Announced." Curtain time tonight and tomorrow night is at 8:15 in the B"rroughsRigh lecture center. General admission tickets are $2.50, with students, enlisted military personnel and senior citizens being charged $1.50. Tickets may be purchased in advance from members of cast and crew, or may be purchased at the lecture center box office before each perfonnance. The play revolves around a newspaper announcement stating the time and place of a murder to occur in the home of Miss Letitia Blacklock (portrayed by Noretta Baker). Puzzlingly, the victim is not one of the residents of the house, but is an unex- pected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle tracked through by the determined In- spector (Shawn Dugan), with Miss Marple (Patti White) on hand to provide the final solution. Other members of the cast chosen from Alan Kubik's adult school class include Sue Wolverton as Miss Blacklock's niece Julia Simmons, Diane Miller as Dora Brunner, Martin Dorrell as Patrick Simmons, Karyn Dorrell as Mitzi, Dalene Howard as Phillipa Haymes, Susan Taylor as Mrs . S~nior citizens can receive help filling out insurance forms The very successful service that was initiated last year to assist senior citizens of the Indian Wells Valley is again being of- fered. This service is being provided by two volunteers, Joyce Liszka and Monica Bartz, who will aid elderly persons with medical insurance malters such as the filing of Medicare and/or private health insurance forms. This help can be obtained through the Cerro Coso Senior Informat,ion and Referral Program, which has an office located at 231 Station St., Ridgecrest. This service to the elderly is available every other Saturday between 2 and 4 p.m. Interested persons can obtain information on the dates that it is offered by calling the Senior Citizen Information Office, 375-4322, on weekday mornings. Sweethenham, Scott Lutjens as Edmund Sweethenham, Ken Chapman as Rudi Scherz, and James Hall as Sergeant Mellors. .Along with assistant directors Gunnar Andersen and Patti White, backstage workers include Ken Chapman as technical director; Scott Lutjens, assistant technical director; Marty Dorrell, lighting director; Colleen Wilson, properties mistress; Natalie Dorrell and JoAnn Dorrell, costume mistresses; and Randi Thompson, makeup artist. . High school stage bands to present concert next Thurs. Lovers of stage band music have a treat in store for them·next Thursday, Feb.5,at 7: 30 p.m. at the Burroughs High School lecture center when the high school's stage hands one and two will present a live and lively concert. A $1 donation is asked from those at- tending. . Stage Band One is constituted of high school students; Stage Band Two Is made up of students from Monroe and Murray Junior High Schools as well as Burroughs, and acts as a training group for Stage Band One. Both are directed by Don Wilkinson. Highlights of the concert will be Jeff Carson, lead trumpet, in a Dizzy GiDespie tune; Chris Hoffer, baritone sax, and Scott Schiefer, trwnpet, in the sWing tune, "Four Wheel Drive," and the rhythm section of James McBride, piano, Curtis Feist, bass, James Long, drums, Greg Velicer, guitar, and Debbie Reid, vibraphone, in a rocklblues arrangement of the 2001 Space Odyssey theme by Richard Strauss. . Other featured performers in the band are Bruce Rockwell, trombonist, and Mary Frances,lead alto saxophone player. Energy conservation tip Use fluorescent lights whenever you can; they give out more lumens per watt. For example, a 4O-watt fluorescent lamp gives off 80 lumens per watt and a 6O-watt in- candescent gives off only 14.7 lumens per watt. The 4().watt fluorescent lamp would save about 140 watts of electricity over a 7- hour period. These savings, over a period of time, could more than pay for the fixtures you would need to use fluorescent lighting. January 30, 1981 (GI IlIll AGES AOMITTfD G.,.••• I Ar,od....(.~ IPGI "ll"GESADMIT'ED P~r.n'.' G..,d"'