Highacres' Kelly Yale Miss H ighacres Collegian Hazleton Campus Penn State University November 1981 Local history series pre-miers Paterno indifferent to ranking Editor's note The following is based on a HIGHACRES COLLEGIAN interview with Joe Paterno on October 28, before his team's 17-14 loss to Miami last weekend. The story, however, reflects Paterno's attitude toward the ra - nkings in general. When the UPI and AP presses announced the national football rankings on October 20, the Penn State Nittany Lions were NUMBER ONE. Coming off a 40-16 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen, the Nit tany Lions garnered 36 1 / 2 out a possible 66 first place votes to sit atop the polls for only the second time in Penn State history. The last time the Lions received this honor was in November of 1978 when the team finished their regular season with an unblemished record. Unfortunately though, when they met with the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day they came out on the losers' end and plummeted in the rankings. There have been many times when the Nittany Lions have been overlooked for the coveted honor of being named number one. For example, in 1973 Penn State was the only undefeated team in the na tion. They had completed the regular season with twelve wins and no losses and had gone on to beat LSU in the Orange Bowl yet they were only ranked fifth. Pocono Taking a look "The Stockton Mine Cave-in" is the first in a series of articles on.topics of kcal historical in terest. Later articles, for exam ple, will include "The Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre Railroad," "The Jeansville Mine Disaster," and other topics of interest to the Hazleton area. Sophomore Kelly Yale was selected over seven other contestants as Miss Pocono 1982 in mid-September before a capacity crowd at Gus Genetti's Best Western Motor Lodge, Hazleton. The pageant, an official Miss AmericEPageant preliminary pro vides educational scholarships for young women in Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, and Schuylkill Counties. Kelly, a journalism major, sang "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" in the talent segment of competition; and, during the summer months she sings semi-professionally throughout the Poconos and the Lehigh Valley with "The New Approach." As Miss Pocono, Kelly received over $lOOO in scholarship and gift awards; and, in June, she will represent the five-county area in the an nual Miss Pennsylvania Pageant. "My first reaction to winning the pageant was of shock and disbelief," said Kelly following her coronation. "I'm now looking for ward to representing our campus and the entire five-county area with pride in the state pageant." Kelly will be very busy for the next few months preparing for the state pageant and making public appearances. Currently she serves as an Executive Editor for The Higllacres Collegian. "A look at the past . . through by—Donna Rose Roberts the eyes of today" will accept suggestions from Hazleton area residents as to what topics will appear in this series. Topics can concern virtually any aspect of local history, and photographs, maps, and illustrations are also helpful. Residents can phone in suggestions and comments by calling the COLLEGIAN office at the Stockton mine cave-in I. to t Aritospape.te , Penne behrend- Coe7e9e -67-tatterti Road le, 49 /45603 (454-6559) between 12:00 noon and 12:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, or by mail to the Inghacres Collegian e/o Penn State University. In this issue, "A look at the past . . ." travels to the Hamlet of Stockton, a mining-patch town on the outskirts of Hazleton. Turn to page seven for more on "The Stockton Mine Cave-in."
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