AEN Pennsylvania's new Family Part- nership educational loans for middle income families now are available through the regular State Guaran- teed Student Loan application process according to an announce- ment recently by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Families above the $30,000 income level may secure up to $5,500 at an annual interest cost of about 10 percent through PHEAA's new student loan program. Applica- tions may be obtained from partici- pating banks, credit unions and savings and loan associations according to PHEAA. Pennsylvania students and par- ents who are now not eligible for the federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program because of their income ‘will be able to borrow under the new program to attend college, pro- prietary and nursing schools any- where in the country. In addition, all students at Pennsylvania schools, colleges and universities will be eligible to borrow even though their home may be out of state. Pennsylvania is the only state able to offer its students from middle income families loans at the 10 percent interest rate because federal restrictions imposed on bond issues last year and those recently " Dallas 675-6919 approved in Congress have pre- vented other states from floating bonds to operate similar programs in 1984. While Pennsylvania stu- dents and their parents will be able to borrow in matched amounts under the Family Partnership con- cept resulting in a blended interest rate of 10 percent, only a handful of other states will offer middle income family loans and those will be at higher rates of interest. PHEAA avoided the need for fed- eral approval and beat the new restriction on student loan bond issues by entering the bond market before the end of 1983. Families interested in the new PHEAA Family Partnership Loan Program should have their student obtain the regular student loan application from their local bank or other lender and submit the loan application according to the instruc- tions on the form. PHEAA empha- sized that families must apply through’ the regular process, even though they may expect to be found not eligible for the federal program. If the student is not eligibile or has the requested loan amount reduced because the family income exceeds the limit of the program, PHEAA automatically will consider the Family Partnership Loan Program. The Veterans Administration is urging veterans and employers to take advantage of the ‘Emergency Veterans’ Job Training Act.” VA Administrator Barry N. Wal- ters said there is still time and money available for participants in the program. The program, which is aimed at helping unemployed Vietnam Era and Korean Conflict veterans, is administered jointly by the VA and the Department of Labor. It funds 50 percent of the veteran's starting hourly wages up to $10,000, to pro- vide a maximum of 15 months of training for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities, and up to nine months for other partici- pants. It also will allow employers to enter into agreements with edu- cational institutions to provide voca- tional instruction. The program has been operational since November, and as of May 7, 1984, more than 120,000 veterans have been granted certificates of eligibility. THURSDAY 8-11 P.M. DISC JOCKEY FRIDAY 7 P.M. 8 P.M. ""RESPONSE"’ SATURDAY 2 P.M. PARADE 8 P.M. 675-3003 & Cub Cadel” 675-2123 Le \ PENN STATE Wilkes-Barre Campus Lehman (717) 675-217 (NAPA) —— 675-2143 To return home Makoto Okamura, above center, has completed his year as a Rotary International Exchange Student and will return soon to his hometown of Kumamoto, Japan. Okamura was sponsored by the Wilkes-Barre Rotary Club whose officers saluted him. recently. While in this area, Makoto attended Crestwood Area High School as a junior and resided in the Mountaintop area with the - families of Bruce Spencer and Marshall Jacobson. Extending a farewell to Okamura are Leo Mohen, Dallas, club president and Alvin Rothstein, Dallas, chairman of Rotary’s Foreign Exchange Committee. program presented by Penn State, Wilkes-Barre’s Continuing Education ‘Engineering Improvement Techniques for Productivity,” was development Department. The program, and James CARVERTON HEIGHTS SWIM CLUB Valley View Drive, Carverton (Adjacent To Frances Slocum Park) FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL RICK HUMPHREY 696-3512 MAPLE HILL NURSING HOME Lehman 675-1787 PIZZA PERFECT Heather Highlands Inkerman 655-2352 16 Carverton Rd. Trucksville 696-2100 & 696-3888 SNOWDON FUNERAL HOME 140 N. Main St., Shavertown The Snowdon Family 675-3333 OFFSET PAPERBACK Dallas (7 MERCY HOSPITAL MERCY MEDICAL 25 Church St. OFFICES Wilkes-Barre Lake St., Dallas 826-3100 675-8599 METZGAR ALUMINUM BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, PANELING, REPLACEMENT WINDOWS Manor Drive, Trucksville 696-2924 Tie SDALLASCP0ST REPRESENTATIVE FRANK COSLETT 1265 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort 288-3990 MILLIE’S CLEANING- JANITORIAL SERVICE Offices, Restaurants, Laundromats. Also Garbage Pickup 675-3005 After 3 P.M. Youth hosted blood. Once again local residents have an opportunity to enrich their own lives and the lives of four teenagers by participating in a student exchange program. Under the spon- sorship of the American Scandina- vian Student Exchange (A.S.S.E.) Office of Salomon Epstein, M.D. Binghamton Plaza 607-772-8757 program, a non-profit group, these students are attempting to realize their dream of spending a year in America. They cannot do it without your help. All four of the students are desir- ing a home in this area are fluent in English, well screened by their high schools and the A.S.S.E. program and have expressed a sincere desire to learn about our way of life by living with an American family and attending a public school. ‘‘Any family is eligible,’ said A.S.S.E. Area Coordinator, Sandra Storer. “They should, of course, be pre- pared to be flexible toward under- standing another person's culture though.” The students, three boys and one girl, hail from Europe and have diversified hobbies and interests. “In order to afford the best possible placements, we try to match exchange students with the interests of the host family,” said Mrs. Storer, ‘it helps make for a more natural atmosphere during the ini- tial introduction into the family.” Families interested in receiving more information about hosting one of these European students should contact: Paula Martini at 717-489-
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