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For 12 4-Hers in Luzerne County, July 26 was a
in the East-Northeast Region 4-H Fashion Revue held
in Nanticoke, at the Luzerne County Community
College Conference Center.
According to Christine Tomascik, Extension Home
Economics-Youth, those taking part in the regional
Podwika, Wyoming; Pamela Brubaker, Conyngham;
Stacey Mensigner, Nescopeck, Brenda Barna, Wapwal-
lopen; Jodi, Wendy & Tracey Whitebreak, Nescopeck;
Kristen Youngman, Sugarloaf; Barbara Babcock,
Laurel Run; Laurie Welsh, Sugarloaf; and Bernadette
Grosz, Wapwallopen.
The 4-H’ers made the outfits they modeled as part of
their 4-H clothing projects. Along with increasing their
skills in clothing construction, they learned about
wardrobe selection, color coordination, the importance
of good posture and other aspects of grooming.
County 4-H’ers compete with those selected from
tion.
The six gold ribbon winners from the East-Northeast
state honors.
University Park campus during State 4-H Achievement
Days, judges will select an Honors Group of 10
finalists. These 10 4-H’ers will compete for the top state
award, part of which is an expense paid trip to the
National 4-H Congress in Chicago, Dec. 1 through 5.
Penn State’s Cooperative Extension Service coordi-
nates the 4-H Fashion Revue in Pennsylvania. Simplic-
ity Pattern Company and the White-Elna Sewing
Machine Company, sponsors of the national 4-H Fash-
ion Revue program, provide the county medals and the
trip to Congress.
Some 106 4-H horse members from Carbon, Lacka-
wanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Schuylkill and Wayne Coun-
ties participated in the recently held District III 4-H
Horse Show held at the Lehighton fairgrounds in
Lehighton.
This was an elimination show and the winners of the
English, Western and Gymnkhana Classes will now
compete against 4-H’ers from across the State at the
upcoming State 4-H Horse Show.
Luzerne County 4-H’ers who won at the District Show
and will be competing at the State Show are: Daria
Lipinski, Wilkes-Barre; Kim McLaughlin, Dallas;
Kevin Konopinski, Sweet Valley; Catherine Yanchunas,
Mountaintop; Marla Parente, Harveys Lake; Carleen
Christy Campbell, Hunlock Creek. 5
Other participants from Luzerne County were:
Vickie Davis, Mountaintop; Kristen Ecker, Hazleton;
Amy McLaughlin, Dallas; Stephanie Morris, Shaver-
taintop. :
The State 4-H Horse Show will be held Oct. 4-6 at the
Farm Show Building in Harrisburg.
Wilkes College has received approval from the
Northeast Tier Advanced Technology Center at Lehigh
University of a $1.1 million program to foster coopera-
tive activities between private sector firms and the
College to create and preserve jobs in Pennsylvania.
“Wilkes will serve as the catalyst for the program,
which is sponsored by the Ben Franklin Partnership
and encompasses five projects in northeastern Pennsyl-
vapia during 1985-86," said Christopher N. Breiseth,
Prosident of Wilkes College.
According to the College’s Office of Foundations and
Grants Management, the projects will address three
areas: research and development, education and tech-
nology training; and technical and entrepreneurial
assistance.
“The Engineering Department, Chemistry Depart-
play an integral role in the program,” added Breiseth.
“This $1.1 million program is a major effort toward
received during the same period in 1983.
organizations.
fulfilling a central part of Wilkes’ mission,” said
Breiseth. In response to the needs of business and
industry, the College has developed into a major center
of engineering, science, and technology. Z
A national accrediting board has commended Wilkes
College for the quality of its undergraduate engineering
program its superior laboratory equipment, and the
caliber of its faculty. Breiseth said, ‘“The fact that our
faculty play an active role in serving the local
community, particularly in helping to attract, retain,
and aid in the development of local industry, was
particularly cited.”
The human and technical resources of the College
will be used in partnership with private firms and local
economic development agencies to achieve the project
goals. The projects to be undertaken include:
Thermal Construction Model for Transistor Package
led by both Hiscox and Threthaway.
cash flow management and reporting cycles.
chairman of the alumni phase.”
Area residents will have a unique
opportunity to participate in a new
will be covered during the semester.
Although the methodology of this
course offering at Luzerne County
Community College designed to
improve writing skills with the
assistance of computer technology.
Beginning this fall, the Humani-
ties Department of LCCC will offer
Composition course.
Instead of sitting at a desk and
listening to an instructor lecture
about concepts and their applica-
tions, students will spend most of
their time in front of a computer
instructor will direct students, and
answer questions about the com-
puter-assisted English Computer
lessons.
Each student’s performance will
be carefully reviewed and graded
on how well they master the various
learning concepts outlined in the
lessons.
Punctuations, grammar, sentence
structure, paragraph development,
and composition of multi-paragraph
papers are some of the topics that
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 706 of Lehman will be sponsoring a dance from
7-9 p.m., Sept. 20 at the Lake-Lehman Jr. High School. ;
D.J. Rob Neyhard will be on hand to play the latest Top 40 music. Soda
and gummy bears will be on sale for 50¢ each. Admission is $1 per person.
All students are invited.
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course is relatively new, the goal is
the same as the traditional writing
course--helping students develop
writing skills clearly expressing
their thoughts and ideas. s
In addition, students will develop
a competency in a new skill, word
processing, which may prove to be
very useful throughout their college
experience, and when they enter the
competitive job market.
For further information on Luz-
erne County Community College’s
computer assisted English Competi-
tion course, ‘‘Microcomp’’ contact
Francis Hanify, Humanities Depart-
ment Chairman at 829-7331.
be sure to call
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Phone 675-2070
use of computer-aided design (CAD), will test transis-
tor packages for heat and stress problems. A computer
will simulate the transistor package and perform the
tests quicker and more efficiently than actual models.
Materials Testing Consortium is the establishment of
a local consortium for evaluation and testing of
materials for business and industry in cooperation with
the Committee for business and industry in cooperation
with the Committee for Economic Growth (CEG),
Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, Drexel Univer-
sity, and Allied Chemical.
Small Business Development Center will provide
entrepreneurial support and technical training to new
and existing advanced technology firms throughout
northeastern Pennsylvania.
Luzerne County Business Incubator will help estab-
lish a business incubator in Luzerne County to assist
new firms in launching their businesses. Partners in
the project are a consortium of area economic develop-
included in the overall totals.
beneficiaries of your labor.”
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Fred Lohman, Direector of the Small Business Devel-
opment Center at Wilkes College.
Polymer Technology Transfer is a joint research
project with St. Jude Polymer Corporation of Frack-
ville, Pennsylvania to improve chemical processing in
plastics recycling activities.
and has received funding from the ATC at Lehigh
University from the onset of the program.
The Ben Franklin Partnership, administered. by the
facilities in the Commonwealth.
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