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BY JAYNE held the interest of Fred
It may not be one of the and Dorothy Sokoloski for
most popular sports more than 30 years. The
locally, but archery has pair took up the sport in
children and trophies. Left to right, Fred Sokoloski, Matt
A program at State
Correctional Institution at
| Dallas (SCID) is helping
f criminals turn their lives
| around. It’s called
Thresholds, taught by
volunteers and designed
| for those who are about to
leave prison and return to
eir families and com-
years approximately 80
inmates have successfully
completed the training.
There is a waiting list of
25 men who have asked to
be included in the spring
course. They have been
screened and accepted by
the prison administration
as eligible but there is an
i munities. The. name: urgent need for. volun:
! aeomes from the fact that teers. Of those clients who
| @. person is on the have gone through the
i “threshold” of an op-
portunity to change his
way of living. He has a
choice of going straight or
returning to crime.
| Thresholds teaches him
i the decision-making and
problem-solving skills
| that help him make the
right choices.
course there is knowledge
of only one person who
has returned to prison
after release.
Current and past
Thresholds volunteers are
men and women ranging
in age from early 20’s to
senior citizens. They are
business and professional
The course is run twice people, housewives,
a year at SCID. It is a = college students and
3 national program and was retirees. No special
first offered locally in
1978. During the past five
educational experience or
background is needed. A
1950 at the now defunct
Wyoming Valley Archery
Club. ;
Dot started shooting
after watching Fred
compete. She has been
quite successful as a
competitive archer,
(Jane Bradbury Photo)
basic training weekend,
March 19-20 at Mercy
Center, College
Misericordia will provide
Offset Paperback Association, Northeastern
employees are presently Pennsylvania chapter.
volved in a health and Sadowski and
t safety crusade which will Mogilewicz completed
see a large number -
approximately 500 - of
them become trained in
CPR and First Aid.
Last week the first
group of Offset employees
completed a course in
CPR, taught by Thomas
Sadowski and Joseph
Mogilewica. The two are
employees of the com-
| pany and were trained in
instruction techniques
their training course at
NPW hospital on Jan. 16.
The present program of
ongoing training is also
being conducted with the
cooperation of the Heart
Association. Sandy Chest,
a registered nurse, em-
ployed at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital, and a
student at College
Misericordia, assisted in
the instruction.
through a program Don Weidner, health
sponsored by the and safety officer at the
American Heart plant, said as many of the
CPR TRAINING--Offset Paperback employees complete
CPR training provided by the company at the plant in
Dallas. Shown during the last day of instruction are
members of the class, ‘first row, from left, Joe
Mogilewicz, instructor; Joe DeLucca, Sandy Chest,
Thomas J. Sadowski, instructor. Second row, Theresa
company’s 500 employees
who so desire may take
advantage of the training
to be offered at varying
enable as many as are
interested to take part.
Once the CPR segment
is completed, Weidner
intervals. The first said the company plans to
course, which spanned sendseveral employees to
nine hours last week, train in first aid in-
struction. The idea is to
provide that type of
course for the general
workforce as well.
Weidner said the
company took immediate
consisted of supervisors,
foremen and office per-
sonnel. A second course
with same job
classifications taking part
will be given in the near
future. advantage of the Heart
Hourly employees can Association’s offer to
begin the CPR training at .include company people
interim intervals in the in its training programs.
future months. The Itis, he said, all a part of
classes will be scheduled
for early evening hours to
Offset’s push on safety
within the plant.
winning her first trophy in
1955. She took this at the
. Hazleton Archery Club,
where she and Fred were
competing. Both attend
numerous archery events,
and in 1968, at State
College, Dot broke a
record in the Women’s
Singles: Division,
Barebow, FITA Round.
She came away with a top
score of 840. Her record
still stands. (FITA is the
Federation of Inter-
national Archery Associa-
tion.)
Fred and Dot, Daven-
port Street, Dallas, both
held offices in the North-
eastern Archery Associa-
tion and the Wyoming
Valley Archery Club. The
Wyoming Valley Club,
located on Bunker Hill,
Kingston Township was
closed in 1972.
Until 1972, Dot was top
shooter in her division.
Then an accident stopped
her from participating. In
1976 she returned to
shooting.
She uses what is called
the compound bow. A
compound bow is usually
made from laminated
wood or fiberglass limbs
with pulleys or cams at
both ends to aid the ar-
cher in pulling the bow.
Fred uses the traditional
the volunteer with all
needed skills
and
moder target recurve
bow.
The Sokoloskis have
three grandchildren who
all are active in the sport.
Joe, Ann and Matt Repko
travel with their grand-
parents to competitions
and practice together
whenever time allows.
The children have also
won trophies for their
efforts.
Both Dot and young-Joe
won first place trophies
two weeks, ago at the 13th
Annual Northeastern
Pennsylvania Sports Boat
and Camping Show held
at the Kingston Armory.
The two won in archery
competitions held there.
Matt took a second place
medal.
The Sokoloskis recently
returned from the Penna.
State Shoot and Blooms-
burg Shoot. They will
participate April 10 in the
State Indoor Shoot at the
Farm Show Building,
Harrisburg.
Dot says she shoots
primarily for exercise but
also enjoys the com-
petition. Fred shoots for
the enjoyment of the sport
and to join friends and
fellow archers,
Bradbury Photo)
materials so that she or he
will feel competent and
The cinema comes to
the Back Mountain in an
international film series
presented at the Wilkes-
Barre Campus of the
Pennsylvania State
University.
The newly-formed PSU
Film Society, in conjunc-
tion with the Office of
Academic Affairs, will
show five films by
directors of international
significance on Friday
evenings at 7:30 on the
Lehman campus. The
series is free of charge
and open to the public.
Films to be shown are:
“Dr. Strangelove: Or
How I Learned to Stop
Worrying and Love the
Bomb’ on March 11; “La
Strada” on March 18;
“Picnic at Hanging
Rock” on April 8;
“Viridiana” on April 22
and “The Graduate’ on
May 13.
confident in working with
the prison residents.
The two co-directors of
Thresholds, Sr. Barbara
Craig, RSM, who teaches
Spanish at Penn State,
and Mrs. Ingrid Prater,
teller at United Penn
Bank, Dallas, are fully
certified by Thresholds.
They. provide instruction
during the training
weekend as well as
continuous guidance for
all volunteers. ‘‘A sincere
desire to work with
another Human being and
share Thresholds’ prin-
ciples are the only
requirements a volunteer
needs,” says Sr. Barbara.
Administration at the
local prison believes that
Thresholds is worthwhile.
“I find that this program
has goals which are both
positive and sensible,”
state Gilbert A. Walters,
The PSU Film Society
has selected these films
because they have been
recognized as significant
works of art. The more
serious art films, which
usually are not shown in
commercial theatres, are
an important part of
culture and education,
and the society endeavors
to provide for the com-
munity an opportunity to
see these great films.
Before each showing, a
treatment at SCID. “What
the program attempts to
do is to instill a sense of
responsibility and develop
feelings of self-worth in
the individual.”
Upon completing the
March training weekend
each ‘volunteer will
receive a Thresholds
certificate of completion,
attend a follow-up session
and tour the prison. After .
that he or she will spend
approximately two hours
each week for 10 weeks on
a one-to-one basis with an
inmate who has been
assigned by Walters.
Those interested in
volunteering can get
details from Mrs. Ingrid
Prater, 823-9548, after 6
p.m., or Sr. Barbara
Craig, 675-3065, or at 675-
1723, or by writing
Thresholds, P.O. Box 71,
Dallas, Pa. 18612.
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faculty member will pre-
sent a brief introduction
to the audience and an
informal discussion will
follow each screening.
For more information
on the series or on
becoming a member of
the film society, contact
Dr. Robert Merrill or Dr.
Christopher Shipley, or
the office of Continuing
Education at Penn State-
Wilkes-Barre, 675-2171.