St. Francis Medical Center's 1994 Womancare Conference March 4-5 at the Holiday Inn will offer women a chance to relax, laugh, learn, grow and be pampered.

"The conference has been designed by women in the community who know we all need time to relax in a fun, stress-free environment and just be ourselves," said St. Francis Education Director Brenda Johnson. She and Womancare Patient Care Manager Barbara Crowell are co-chairmen of the conference.

"Pamper Yourself Night" will be held March 4, with various seminars and the keynote presentation will be March 5.

Activities during "Pamper Yourself Night" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Holiday Inn Holidome and will feature a Hawaiian fantasy theme. The evening will include glamour treatments and demonstrations, health screenings, exhibits, entertainment and refreshments. Four women, selected in advance, will receive total body makeovers. Call Womancare at 339-6209 for information.

Events on March 5 start at 7:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast, exhibits and health screenings. Highlighting the day will be a keynote presentation by Judith Briles, a nationally-known author and management consultant. Briles specializes in confidence building, relationships, sabotage in the work place and leadership.

For women who register by Feb. 14, the registration fee for the Friday and Saturday events is $35. The fee for Saturday's events only is $30. After Feb. 14 the registration fees increase to $40 and $35, respectively. To attend only "Pamper Yourself Night" the registration fee is $10.

For more information call 339-6209.

Tobacco control issues

teleconference topic

St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau is among about two dozen sites in Missouri that will host an interactive teleconference on Missouri's tobacco control policies later this spring.

The teleconference, titled "Missouri Policy Advocacy Training for Tobacco Control," will be held from 6-8 p.m. March 1 in the St. Francis Health and Education Centre. There is no charge to attend the teleconference, which is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Health in cooperation with ASSIST, a partnership for tobacco control, and the American Cancer Society.

The conference is designed to establish and reinforce local efforts to promote the creation and enforcement of tobacco-control policies, especially those involving sale of tobacco products to minors.

For more information call ASSIST at 876-3230, or St. Francis at 339-6107.