(a) The Court of Common Pleas of the 44th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall operate on a continuing court calendar for each year. All civil matters shall be numbered consecutively with the last two digits of the year, commencing on January 1 of each year and continuing through December 31 of each year. All criminal matters shall be numbered consecutively in the same fashion.(b) Before January 1 of each year, the court shall adopt a calendar for the ensuing year for each branch of the court, establishing days and dates in which the court will be in open session and such other days and dates as may be necessary, at the discretion of the court, for the convenience and fulfillment of its functions. All references to the calendar in these rules shall refer to days established by the court calendar then in effect.(c) Jury panels shall be summoned for service in all divisions of the court for weeks commencing on the days designated for jury trials by the court calendar. Jurors so summoned shall remain eligible for service, and may be recalled from time to time, from the date first summoned to be present until the last day of the period during which such summons shall be made.44th Jud. Dist. Rule-General 2