DOCTORS, LAWYERS FACE OFF IN BENEFIT

The doctors will compete against the lawyers Feb. 17 in the first benefit basketball game for the Community Counseling Center Foundation.

The game will be held at the Central high School old gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $2.50 for children 12 years old or younger.

Dr. Charles Pancoast will lead the team of 15 doctors against a team of 15 lawyers led by Al Spradling III. Both teams plan practice sessions in the coming weeks preparing for the contest.

The basketball game will be preceded by a patron party to be held at Rutherford's restaurant from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tickets for the patron party are $25 and include admission to the game.

The Community Counseling Center Foundation support treatment and rehabilitation work at the center by providing equipment, furniture and other capital needs. In 1990 the foundation raised over $200,000 for the center building at Silver Springs and Bloomfield roads.

A committee of the foundation, under the leadership of Circuit Judge John Grimm and Kim Swartz, is coordinating the basketball game.

Tickets will be available at the door or from the Community Counseling Center. Patron Party tickets must be purchased in advance. For information call 334-1100.