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Christi Strauser, a
sophomore at Dallas
Senior High School, re-
cently attended the Hugh
O’Brien Youth Founda-
tion Seminar in Lan-
caster.
Christi was chosen by
sophomore teachers to
represent Dallas Senior
High School, Over 125
high schools from Penn-
sylvania were repre-
sented at the seminar. All
high schools in Pennsyl-
vania were invited to
participate - in the
program by choosing one
emerging leadership ~
ability, ability to ork
with others, desire for
new. pursuits and a
willingness to learn and
share information and
ideas.
Christi’s first day at the
seminar was spent
primarily reviewing the
legislative process. A
College Misericordia’s
226 seniors .are cele-
brating Commencement
week in preparation for
the local college’s 56th
Commencement Conv-
ocation to be held on the
front lawn of the College
campus on Saturday, May
22 at 2 p.m.
The activities began
this past weekend with a
(ge retreat provided
inistry Office. Sunday
fias highlighted by a
champagne brunch. The
event was sponsored by
the College’s Alumni
Association to formally
welcome the graduating
seniors in the College’s
well-established alumni
group.
Other events included in
the week-long activities
are a feature movie,
senior party, a senior
picnic, a senior awards
dinner, and the formal
nurses pinning ceremony.
The entire college
community will join in the
bulk of the events in-
cluding the Bac-
calaureate Mass which
will be celebrated on the
lawn of the dormitory,
McHale Hall on Friday
afternoon at 4 p.m.
The gala celebration for
the week is Friday
evening when the seniors
celebrate with dinner and
dancing at Commence-
ment Ball to be held at
Gus Genetti’s.
The Commencement
exercises will include the
presence of Dr. Robert G.
Scanlon, Secretary of
Education of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsyl-
vania. Honorary degrees
will be conferred upon two
local community mem-
bers, Wallace F. Stettler,
President of Wyoming
Seminary, and Helen
O’Connor.. The two will
receive the honorary
degrees for their educa-
tional and community
contributions respecti-
vely.
Dr. Wallace Stettler will
be honored with the
Doctor of Laws, honoris
causa, for his educational
and community service
Stet-
contributions. Dr.
tler, during his 15 year
tenure at Wyoming
Seminary has been ac-
tively involved in various
community organizations
such as United Way of
Wyoming Valley Board of
Directors, Campaign
Cabinet of United Way,
Board of Directors
member of the Wilkes-
Barre Chamber of
Commerce and various
national associations on
committee and church
relatiopships.
Helen O’Connor will
receive the Doctor of
Laws, honoris causa, for
her public service and
community contributions
to the _ northeastern
Pennsylvania area. Mrs.
O’Connor is recognized as
the first woman Register
of Wills elected six con-
secutive terms. She is
acknowledged as the first
woman elected to a
county office and first.
woman president of the
Pennsylvania Register of
Wills Association.
speaker from the House of
Representatives acqu-
ainted students with the
program on how a bill
becomes law.
During the seminar
Christi also toured the
capitol in Harrisburg and
sat through a model
legislature.
John B. Arnold, vice
president of the Harris
Corp., San Carlos, Calif.,
will be the ‘principle
speaker at commence-
ment ceremonies on May
28 at the Pennsylvania
Barre Campus.
Arnold is a major figure
in the telecommunica-
tions ‘industry, having
served for six years as
president of GTE Inter-
national, a subsidiary of
General Telephone and
Electronics. .
The class that he will
address ‘include the first
graduates from Penn
State-Wilkes-Barre’s tele-
communications. tech-
nology program which
was started two years ago
to prepare well trained
technicians for the
burgeoning telecomm-
unications industry.
Arnold worked for GTE
International for 30 years
and was president from
1972 until his retirement
in 1978. The company
manufactures and sup-
plies telephone equipment
for countries all over the
world.
A native of Quincy, Ill,
Arnold graduated from
Rennselaer Polytechnic
Institute with a bachelor
of science degree in
received a master’s
degree in business ad-
ministration from Har:
vard University.
After stepping down
from the GTE position,
Arnold came out of retire-
ment to become president
and chief executive of-
ficer of the Farinon Corp.
When it was sold to the
Harris Corp. last year,
company.
As vice president of
Harris, he is responsible
for studying legislative
and court mandated
changes in the tele-
communications indus-
try. A recognized figure in
the industry, he was re-
cently quoted at length in
a Fortune Magazine
article on tele-
communications.
Penn
Barre will award approxi-
mately 115 associate
degrees this year at the
held at the carpus in
Lehman.
In addition to the tele-
communications grad-
uates, the campus will
| give degrees in electrical
| engineering, mechanical
engineering, surveying,
railway engineering, .
biomedical equipment
letters.
special
courses
Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy,
director of the Wilkes
College Division of
Continuing Education,
has announced that a
variety of special interest
courses will be offered to
the community this
summer through his
program. In addition to
the course offerings the
Division will offer three
special workshops which
Courses which will be
offered this summer
include ‘Adventures in
Jazz’ ‘“‘Behavior
Modification’, “‘Callig-
raphy’, ‘Field Archae-
ology’’, ‘‘Landscape-
Closeup” for the amateur
photographer, “Living
with your Aging Parent-
Ss’, ‘‘Portraiture’’,
“Sculpture”, and ‘‘Some
People Are Weatherwise,
But Most Are Otherwise’’.
The Division of Con-
tinuing Education, in
cooperation with the
Wilkes English Depart-
ment will also provide
students the opportunity
to participate in special
English and Literature
courses during the
summer on a non-credit
basis.
For more information
on the courses contact the
Wilkes College Division of
Continuing Education at
824-4651, ext. 225.
Class € of ‘82
College = Misericordia
class of 1982 were honored
at a champagne breakfast
by the Alumni Association
of Misericordia on Sunday
at the Sheraton Cross-
gates. An old tradition,
revived last year, the
breakfast officially wel-
“The breakfast is one
‘way we can tell the new
graduates we are proud of
‘them and happy for
'them,” explained Jean
Pope, director of Alumni
Affairs at the college. The
(graduates join a family of
nearly 7,000 alumni of
College = Misericordia
Lehman-Jackson
Ass-
ociation has, for the
second consecutive year,
been judged ‘‘Pennsyl-
vania’s Outstanding Local
Unit.”
Mrs. Judy Kmetz,
president of the Lehman-
Jackson PTA, was in-
formed of the designation
in a letter received from .
Mrs. Carol A. Williams,
PTA state membership
chairman. Mrs. Williams
Do you hear. your
youngster sing “The I
Don’t Have Anything To
Do Blues” when school is
out? Would you like to
give that youngster a
chance for a variety of
activities that will offer a
new dimension to free
time? This summer, an
answer to what to do for
youngsters 6 to 9 years
old, can be found at Mercy
also informed the local
PTA that their scrapbook
had been forwarded to the
National PTA office for
competition on a national
level.
In the letter announcing
the award, Mrs. Williams
indicated that ‘The
Pennsylvania PTA is
proud to have a unit such
as the Lehman-Jackson
PTA.” She also informed
the local unit that they
Center, Dallas.
Sr. Rosellen Li, R.S.M.,
has planned a Summer
Enrichment Program
that will include arts and
crafts, music, dance,
drama and an introduc-
tion to French. Each
activity will be geared to
the ages of the children
who participate. The
program will begin on
Monday, June 21 and
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Alumni Association; Mrs.
Margaret Husic Spengler,
attended the celebration
and extended a special
welcome.
Organizing the break-
this year were
Marianne Gloskey and
Janet Wills, both mem-
bers of the National
Alumni Association.
would be honored at the
state convention to be
held in Wilipmeport I in
October. :
Dr. M. David Preston,
superintendent of the
Lake-Lehman . School
District, extended his best
wishes to the PTA and
expressed his sincere
congratulations on behalf
of the board of school
directors, the teaching
staff and adminsitration.
program
continue until Friday,
July 30 from 9 a.m. to
noon.
Sr. Rosellen teaches the
kindergarten section at
the Mercy Center Pre-
School-Kindergarten
sponsored by the Scranton
Province of the Sisters of
Mercy. For more in-
formation contact Sr.
Rosellen at 675-5173
between 5 and 9 p.m.
President Ruth Fino,
Lake-Lehman School
District E.S.E.A. Title I
program recently held
classroom observations in
both the elementary and
secondary schools.
either the reading or
mathematics classes
materials and observe the
activities which their
children partake in these
special classes.
Observation day was
well attended and parents
who were present were
given explanations per-
taining to the usage of
various materials and °
techniques. Advice was
also offered as to how, the
children could be helped:
at home,
Advisory Council were on
hand to greet the parents
and show them to the
appropriate rooms.
Refreshments were also
prepared by the council
and served following the
observation.
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A record 285 students
have graduated recently
from Central Pennsyl-
vania Business School in
nearby Summerdale. The
students were awarded
Associate in Specialized
Business degrees during
ceremonies at the Her-
shey Theatre, Hershey, in
April.
Graduating from the
local area are: Marian C.
Gildea, 309 Machell Ave.,
Dallas; Donna M.
Petrishin, RD 1, Hunlock
Creek and Marilyn S.
Knepp, RD 3, Box 152,
Wyoming.
Lake-Lehman School
Board President Don
Jones, who did not vote
for the tentative 1982-83
budget said he expects the
proposed eight mill tax in-
crease to be pared down
before the June 10 date set
for final passage of the
package.
Jones hopes for an in-
crease in the range of
three or four mills, but he
won’t guarantee it.
‘‘“That’s wishful
thinking,” he said.
The $6.5 million tenta-
tive budget was accepted
at the May meeting of the
Lake-Lehman board. The
spending plan calls for a
99-mill property tax rate
to cover $509,358 in in-
creased expenses.
These expenses include
a $200,000 salary increase
for the district’s 132
teachers and professiona
employes. Total salary
costs for 82-83 are
estimated to run around
$2.7 million.
A possible 33 percent in-
crease in Blue Cross rates
would add $40,000 to Lake-
Lehman’s present bill
bringing it to $243,000.
New educational
programs are also figured
into the budget.
Along with property
taxes, district residents
pay a $10 per capita tax,
five percent earned in-
come tax, one percent
real estate transfer tax
(half of which is shared
with the municipality),
$10 occupational privilege
tax (also shared), and a
$10 mechanical device
fee. z
Lake-Lehman receives
about $250,000 in interest
on investments and an
additional $150,931 is
anticipated from State
and Federal sources. The
board expects to start the
school year with a $302,531
balance.
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