In Brief

DALLAS: The Irregulars of the Back Mountain will meet for its monthly Think Tank Breakfast on Saturday at Leggio's Restaurant. The featured presenter will be George Turner, owner, George Turner Professional Geologist Water Testing, Tunkhannock.

Turner will discuss survival techniques for everything from national disasters to getting stuck in a snowstorm. He will suggest contents for personal survival kits and offer his critique of the television survival shows.

For more information, contact Cholly Hayes, facilitator, at 760-1213; Bobby Zampetti, publicity at 690-2323; or George Turner at 836-1055.

WILKES-BARRE: Members of the Korean War Veterans Association are urged to attend the 109th Field Artillery National Guard's commemorative ceremony at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday on the front lawn of the Kingston Armory. The ceremony will honor the memory of those who have died and the Guardsmen who are preparing for deployment overseas.

Bill Reese and Bob Ball from the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center will also help coordinate the association's participation in the patients' carnival from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday. The next monthly meeting of The Korean War Vets Association will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the VFW Post 396, Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. All Korean War and DMZ vets are welcome.