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Swim-a-cross raises $llOO
Twenty-three area swim
mers raised approximately
$llOO.OO at the fourth annual
Hazleton Red Cross Swim
a-Cross, held Saturday,
March 27, at the Campus
Pool. Several campus
students participated in the
event along with local high
school students and YM
CA/YWCA swim team
members. Participants in
the event were given one
hour to swim as many
lengths of the pool as they
could, with a maximum of
one hundred lengths.
Volunteers needed at Woman's Aid Center
The Woman's Aid Center
in Hazleton is in need of
volunteers interested in
sharing time and concern to
help others.
The center is an organiza
tion for women of all ages in
the Greater Hazleton Area,
and it is designed to offer
comprehensive service to
meet the needs of women.
SGA elections
On April 14, the Student
Government Association
held its annual presidential
elections. The contest was
between Mike Moyer/Don
na Spengler and Alan
Smith/Dave Barchik. When
the final results of the elec
tion were returned to the
candidates, and it was an
nounced that Smith and
Barchik won, Moyer ap
proached Alita Rovito and
Chris McNab, the executive
council of SGA, and an
nounced that the election
was going to be contested.
The grounds on which the
election was contested was
improper behavior on the
part of a few SGA senators.
On Monday, April 19,
Dean Joseph McCallus,
Chris McNab, and Alita
Rovito met and discussed
the possibility of a re
election on Wednesday,
April 21, while elections for
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Highaeres' Deidre Jago
cross Organizer , con
sidered the event a success.
Besides thanking the par
ticipating swimmers, _ they
also thanked the Campus'
current Water Safety In
structor class members
who volunteered their time
to help with the event..
"Without their help," Jago
told the Collegian, "it (the
swim-a-cross) • would not
have been the success it
was."
Collecting the most
money for the swim was
The focus of much of the available, individual and
service is for women who group counseling and ac
are victims of family companiMent to court.
violence or who are ex- The Woman's Aid Center,
periencing other life crises. Inc. is a non-profit social
Included in the services service agency funded by
are a 24-hour hotline for in- the United Way and a
formation seven days a Department of Public
week, support or referral to Welfare Title XX grant. It
legal services or other strives to help meet the
social services agencies many and changing needs
contested
senators for the year 1982-
1983 were taking place.
For two full days, the can
didates campaigned
vigorously. When the final
results came in, the team of
Smith and Barchik again
proved victorious.
Along with Smith and
Barchik representing SGA,
new senators Cathy Szido,
Sue Hower, Laurie Shea,
Dave Thomsen and s Andy
Villaruz will be working for
the campus.
and more for men and
women by the region's
foremost designer/styler
Tracy Stark. The ninth
grade student single
handedly raised $228.00.
The top money raisers from
the campus were Tim Reil
ly and Kelly Weingartner,
who each raised $71.00. All
swimmers collecting $25.00
or more received a Red
Cross T-shirt, with the top
money-getters receiving
prizes donated by various
area merchants.
Proceeds from the swim
a-cross benefit the Hazleton
Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
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A-Cross
of all kinds of women in the tion may be obtained by
Hazleton area. calling the office at 455-9971.
Anyone interested in Mrs. Susan Mindick is the
becoming a volunteer is in- Executive Director of the
vited to call the center of- Center. Ms. Marianne Pin
fice during regular business dar, a Penn State graduate,
hours, Monday through Fri- is the volunteer coordinator
day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., when for the organization; and,
the staff will be on hand to Ms. Karen Grapsy, a PSU
train volunteers and answer student from University
questions. More informa- Park, is doing practicum
work at the center.
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