— “ > Mr. and Mrs. James R. Brace Jr. announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Cynthia Ann to James L. Gosart, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Gosart of 113 East Overbrook Ave., Shavertown. Miss Brace is a graduate of Wyo- ming Valley West High School and is presently employed at Offset Paperback Co., Dallas. Mr. Gosart is a graduate of Dallas High School and is also employed at Offset Paperback as a bindery jour- neyman. A September, 1984 wedding is planned. Engagement Mrs. Richard T. Donelan of Jack- sonville, Fla., announces the approaching marriage of her daugh- ter, Therese Victoria, to Jeffrey L. Odell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Odell, Dallas. Miss Donelan is the daughter of the late Dr. Donelan. Miss Donelan is a graduate of Mary Washington College with a degree in Spanish. She. attended graduate school at Virginia Tech pursuing a.degree in Urban Affairs. announced Presently she is employed by the Department of Labor under the Presidential Management Intern Program in Washington, D.C. Mr. Odell is a graduate of Dallas High School and Penn State Univer- sity with degree in Computer Sci- ence. He is employed by Coopers and Lybrand in Washington, D.C. The wedding will take place June 2, in Christ the King Church, Jack- sonville, Fla. Award received Young Engineer Award to Richard B. Sheldon, former Schenectady, N.Y. Laboratory in Richard B. Sheldon, -Engineer- Radiological Assessment at General Electric Company’s Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, (KAPL) has received General Electric's 1984 Young Engineer Award. The announcement was made Executive Vice President and Power Systems Sector Executive during a ceremony in Fairfield, CT. Sheldon, a nuclear plant and envi- ronmental engineer, has developed state-of-the-art deep ocean radiolog- ical monitoring equipment and pro- cedures in collaboration with lead- ing oceanographic laboratories. He also tested the new equipment and procedures with two research ships and a deep diving submersible. The Young Engineer Award is given to an engineer no older than 30 in the year preceeding the award, for outstanding technical achieve- ment in the areas of creativity, technolgical advances or product preeminence representing lasting contributions to engineering knowl- edge. Sheldon joined General Electric's KAPL in 1976 as an instructor in Chemistry and Radiological Con- trols. He was then an engineer in Prototype Operations in 1978, and a Nuclear Plant Engineer from 1980- 1981. Sheldon was an engineer in Radiological Assessments from 1981 to 1983 and was named lead engi- neer for Radioactive Waste Technol- ogy in 1984. Born and raised in Shavertown, Sheldon graduated from Dallas Senior High School in- 1970 then attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y. where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Science. He received his Master’s degree in Science in Environmental Engineering in 1975 also from RPI. Sheldton currently resides in Ballston Lake, N.Y. with his wife the former Laura Menzel of Dallas and their two daughters Jessica and Marita. , By WALLY KOCHER Staff Correspondent No one treasures the thought of a needle being inserted into their vein and having a pint of blood drawn from their body. Face it. Your skin is probably breaking out with millions of goose bumps already, as you read this article. That’s just normal. The fact, however, is that, donating blood is much less scary than most people think, and is also very important to those who need the blood. The first recorded blood trans- fusion took place in the 17th century, and ever since then, trying to convince people to donate blood has been an uphill battle. Jeff Townsend, Chairman of the Back Mountain Blood Coun- cil, the first such council in the United States, explained what steps are being taken to make the residents of the Back Moun- tain more aware of the problems they face. “Actually, there are two prob- lems the Blood Council faces,” Townsend said. “The first one, and most important is that only two percent of those who are eligible actually donate blood,” he said. Anyone who weighs at least 110 pounds, is between the ages of 17 and 65, in general good health and doesn’t have any blood com- municable diseases, is eligible. If someone is older than 65 years, they can still donate blood as long as they have their doctor’s permission. “Since the Blood Council first began about two and a half years Council members Dallas Post/Ed Campbell seated, Donna McCall, Jeff Paculavich. ago, we've made the expansion of new donors one of our highest priorities,” said Townsend. “We've been working with the local high schools, trying to edu- cate the students about the need for blood. 7 “If we can get young people ‘used to the idea of donating blood, it will be much easier for them when they get older,” he added. It’s obvious that what the Blood Council is doing is work- ing. During its short time of operation, the number of pints donated each year has tripled. Where they they were receiving approximately 500 units a year, they now receive anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 pints. As Paul Hodges of the Red blood is needed. “We serve 43 hospitals in our region,” Hodges said, ‘“‘and we need 410 units a day. This comes to about 105,000 units a year. But we're only getting about 95,000 units throughout the whole region.” x The second problem the Blood Council faces is a lack of volun- teers. “Every 10 weeks that we have a blood drive, we need at least 50 to 60 volunteers to help make phone calls to past donors,” said Townsend. ‘This works out to approximately 25 calls for each volunteer. : “We also need volunteers for our executive committee,” he added. “We could really use some help with publicity and record keeping.” About 98 percent of the work done by the Blood Council and Red Cross is done by volunteers. - If you would like to donate your time or your blood to this extremely worthy cause, call Paul Hodges at 675-3317. Search is on for 1985 teacher Education Secretary Robert C. Wilburn recently announced the state Department of Education has begun its search for Pennsylvania’s 1985 Teacher of the Year. Ten finalists will be chosen from among Pennsylvania's 104,000 eligi- ble teachers who teach the Com- monwealth’s 1.7 million elementary and secondary students. They will be announced in- September, with the winner to be selected in Novem- ber. “The vast majority of Pennsyl- vania’s teachers are dedicated, hard-working men and women who do a good job and are deeply committed to the young people they teach,” Wilburn said. “Selecting a Teacher of the Year is one way we can recognize the importance of teaching as a profession and a career, and pay tribute to the accomplishment of inspired teach- ers everywhere.” He said he is asking citizens to help him locate ‘‘the one outstand- ing teacher who can serve as a symbol for excellence for 1985.” The department will co-sponsor the awards competition in coopera- tion with Good Housekeeping, Ency- clopedia Britannica and the Council of Chief State School Officers. In addition to serving as Pennsyl- vania’s Teacher of the Year, the winner will become the Common- wealth’s representative in competi- tion for the National Teacher of the Year, to be announced next spring. Nominations must be postmarked by July 1 and persons interested in making nominations should contact the Citation and Awards Committee, State Department of Education, P.O. Box 911, 333 Market Street, Fifth Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17108 or call 717-783-6614 for application pro- cedures. News & Ad Deadline Thursday S p.m. AND SOME OF THE VALLEY'S LEADING TALENT Precision Haircutting Studio for Men & Women Permanent Waving Dimensional Coloring Applications are now being accepted from all over, the Keystone State for the Miss Pennsylvania Teen U.S.A. Pageant to be staged in Monroeville, Pennsylvania: The three-day event will be presented in the Grand Ballroom of the High Rise Howard Johnson Hotel on July 20, 21, and 22, 1984. 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