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Dallas High School
sophomore Wendy Baird is
in the Post’s Spotlight this
week.
Wendy is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Baird, Jr., of
Trucksville. She has two
older sisters, Bonnie, who
teaches in Philadelphia;
and Lori, senior at Dallas
High School. Wendy also
has an older brother, Bob,
who works in sales at
WNAK.
A student in the
academic course at Dallas,
Wendy is an honor student
with a cumulative average
of 3.9. She also is treasurer
for the student council.
Wendy also was a member
of the student council when
in junior high school.
She is very much inter-
ested in music and was a
member of the chorus in
junior high. Wendy is now
in the senior high chorus
and also with the
choristers. This year she
was in district and regional
chorus and there is a
possibility that she will be
in the state chorus.
Presently, she is rehear-
sing for her role in the
school’s comedy-fantasy,
Shakespeare’s ‘‘Midsu-
mmer Night’s Dream.”
Wendy also serves on the
student betterment
committee, and the student
advisory committee, the
latter comprised of class
and student council of-
ficers. While in junior high
school, Wendy was, field
hockey and track manager.
In her leisure time, she
enjoys doing arts and
crafts, sewing and music.
Until recently she studied
piano and voice. Wendy
also represents her church
in the annual conference.
She is involved at present
with some of her friends
trying to form a band and is
hoping to take guitar
lessons. Wendy also plans
to study art.
Wendy likes to travel and
has been to Canada and
Florida. She enjoys
camping and when the
family goes to Canada
Wendy likes to go fishing.
She was in Girl Scouting for
five years.
Wendy believes that
Dallas High School is really
great and provides a lot of
activities for the students.
She thinks that the
teachers are great and
says that they get along
very well with the students.
She would like to see less
vandalism in the school
and said that progress in
this area is being made
under the new ad-
ministration. Wendy
believes that the seniors
should have more
privileges than the under-
classmen since it is their
last year in high school.
During her freshman
year, Wendy was in the
freshman talent show and
was selected as the “Most
Valuable Freshman”.
She has no definite plans
but hopes to go to college
and study either music or
guidance.
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Approximately 25
superintendents and
principals from regional
secondary schools attended
a meeting today (Thur-
sday) on the main campus
of Luzerne County Com-
munity College to discuss a
county-wide Summer
program of remedial work
for secondary school
students.
Heading the discussion
was Patrick J. Santacroce,
LCCC director of
developmental studies and
special programs.
Mainpointof the meeting
was to consider the con-
similar to one that was held
for the first time last year
under the title of Project
Education. = Gh
Basically, the program
provides remedial effort
for students who have had
trouble in various secon-
dary level courses during
the regular school year and
desire makeup or rein-
forcement opportunities.
The pilot RISE program
last year was considered to
have been a major success
when more” than 200
students took advantage of
the offerings.
The success of last year’s
program prompted many
principals and superin-
tendents to express the
feeling that Project RISE
might be adapted to serve
the needs of more students
in the county during this
summer.
Finalization of plans by
the secondary school of-
ficials and LCCC ad-
ministrators will be an-
nounced at a later date.
school administrators will |
review: the various aspects
of the plan and makes
whatever
overtures necessary to
determine the scope of
participation.
The guests were
welcomed to the LCCC
campus by Dr. James M.
Toole, vice president, who
The . Dallas Band
Parents held its fourth
annual banquet on
Tuesday, March 27 at the
Irem Temple Country
Club. The dinner honored
senior members of the
band, color guard,
Also honored were those
band members who were
chosen by audition to play
in the PMEA Northeast
District Band Concert.
They wer Mona Sickler,
Cindy Steinkirchner, Harry
Davenport, Mark Miller,
William Morgan, Robert
Robinson, and = Mike
Steinkirchner. Monda
Sickler also won the honor
of being chosen for the
regional state band.
The speakers’ table
included Dr. Richard
Shipe, school superin-
ths
Mrs. Robert Law, Dallas
Band Parents’ president;
Robert Law, toastmaster;
Edgar Hughes high school
principal; Brook Hunt,
vice-principal ; Lester
Lewis, senior high school
band director; Mrs. Lester
Lewis; Mrs. Grace Lord,
majorette advisor; Lord:
Mrs, Audrey McGough,
club vice-president; Mr.
and Mrs. George Gaylord,
club treasurers; Mrs.
Edwin Johnson, banquet
chairman; and Edwin
Johnson.
Remarks were made by
Dr. Shipe. Hughes, and
Hunt congratulating the
seniors and commending
all the students for their
fine performances during
this school year.
Other committee
members included Mrs.
Gaylord, Mrs. McGough,
Mrs. Law, Mrs. Davenport,
and Mrs. Visigilio.
The - ‘‘Last Chance
Band” played for dancing.
directors
The regular monthly
meeting of the Lake-
Lehman Board of school
birectors will be held on
Tuesday, April 10, at 8 p.m.
in the Auditorium of the
Lake-Lehman High School,
Lehman.
Gilbert Tough,
president, will preside.
at
emphasized that the
community college stands
prepared to render
whatever educational
assistance is needed by
school districts in the
county.
Among those who at-
tended were: Bishop
Hafey--Sister Mary
Thomas and Raymond
Montoni; Bishop Hoban--
Sister Georgianne, Sister
Margaret Purcell; Bishop
O’Reilly-Sister Francis de
Sales; Hazleton Area--
Robert Dougherty, James
Pape, Robert Ritz,
Anthony Scarcella; Dallas-
-Fred Case, Edgar
Sabatini, Pet Stchur;
Nanticoke:-Gerald Bau, Syl
,Bozinski, . charles Davis,
i Anthony ; Perrone, Joseph
Rish;. Northwest--Allen B.
Turner.
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Pittston-John Donovan
* and Gerard Musto; Wilkes-
Barre Area-Paul Labeda,
Frank L. Nockley, Joseph
Peel, William Proch,
Harold Saunders, Leo
Tech--Frank Belenda;
Wyoming Valley West--
James Ferris and Robert
Thomas.
The next meeting of the
group to discuss the
program will be on Wed-
nesday, April 25, at9:30 in
the Medical Arts Complex
at Luzerne County Com-
munity College.
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Linda Bednar, senior, is
in the Post Spotlight at
Lake-Lehman High School
this week.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Bednar of
Oak Hill, Dallas, Linda
attended Gate, of Heaven
School for the first eight
grades transferring to
Lake-Lehman as a fresh-
man. She has two sisters,
Karen who is married and
living in Huntsville, and
Charlene who graduated
from Bishop O’Reilly and
works in data processing at
Briden American.
She is president of
Future Business Leaders of
America at Lake-Lehman
and a member of the
school’s yearbook typing
staff. Linda also is a
member of the student
council.
Linda has been a
cheerleader for the past
ifour years, the first year on
the J. V. squad and the past
three years on the varsity
squad. She also has been on
the softball team since a
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chorus, Linda was
member of the stage cre
for this year’s senior play
Linda enjoys mo
outdoor activities and i
her leisure time like
jogging, tennis an
swimming. She also lik¢
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Linda enjoys being
student at Lake-Lehma
“It’s a small school,” si
said, ‘and everyone
close to one another. T
teachers are friend
notjust teachers.”
She does wish more of tl
students would becon
involved in school a
tivities rather than ti
same groups taking
interest in everything whi
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