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students. Seated is Mike Lundy.
Kim Pratt is a living example
that dreams do, indeed, come true.
The 28-year-old Garden State
Park publicity photographer, a
graduate of Dallas High School,
Dallas, had always fantasized about
winning an Eclipse Award, the high-
est honor in the horse racing indus-
try. And, in a professional career
that has been as brief as the click of
a shutter, she rose to the very top of
her game.
Kim’s photograph of the horse
Jump Shot, won her the 1985 Eclipse
Award for thoroughbred photogra-
phy. Pratt, who was born in Sche-
nectady, will accept the presitigious
award on Feb. 7 at the Fontainebleu
Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.
“It’s a great thrill knowing I've
won the top award in the industry,”
she noted. ‘Ever since I was in
fourth grade I've been taking pic-
tures of horses. And for the last
couple of years I’ve always thought
it would great if some day I could
win an Eclipse Award. I was con-
vinced, though, that it would proba-
bly come near the end of my career,
never at the beginning.”
Although her love affair with
horses began back in 1975 when she
visited Saratoga, Kim’s first profes-
sional position began in March in
the Publicity Department at the
new Garden State Park.
Pratt has been a daily visitor to
the Garden’s backstretch area ever
since, during both the thoroughbred
and standardbred meetings. She
hosts stable area tours as part of
the track’s ‘“Good Morning Club”
program.
Loans
being
repaid
More than $1 million is being
repaid by Pennsylvania students
who illegally obtained or misused
student financial aid as a result of
court-ordered restitution won by the
Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency in successfully
prosecuting nearly 500 cases. The
student aid refunds are the result of
PHEAA’s fraud detection proce-
dures and firm prosecution pursued
by its Program Review Unit, a
team of investigators and auditors
which detects, investigates and
arranges prosecution of those who
misuse or abuse the State Grant and
Student Loan Programs. The same
team also audits administration of
the Commonwealth’s student aid
programs by participating schools
and lenders.
At the end of 1985, $1,024,00 in
restitution has been ordered by
Pennsylvania courts from grant and
loan recipients who either obtained
the financial aid illegally or used it
improperly reported Kenneth R.
Reeher, PHEAA Executive Direc-
tor. PHEAA has already collected
nearly half, $479,000, while the bal-
ance plus interest is under court
order to be repaid within specified
time frames. In addition to restitu-
tion orders, probation sentences and
other penalties, 27 persons have
gone to jail for fraudulent abuse of
the student aid programs.
“PHEAA continually strengthens
and refines the tactics it uses to
detect fraud and ensure that abuse
never becomes a serious problem,”
said Reeher. “We investigate every
hint of impropriety and have intro-
duced some very sophisticated com-
puterized techniques during applica-
tion processing that strengthen our
guard. By practicing firm enforce-
ment policies now, we help ensure
the availability of educational funds
for our future students,” he added.
The $1 million plus in restitutions
to PHEAA is the result of 830 cases
prosecuted by local District Attor-
neys throughout the Common-
wealth.
Board meets
Olszewski, Frank Orloski,
members, Aldo Franconi,
Wood.
With an increasing number of
individuals seeking to make the
transition to supervisory positions
or for those who have recently
assumed such responsibilities, the
Office of Continuing Education at
Luzerne County Community College
will continue offering of an Adminis-
trative Assistant Certificate Pro-
gram which began last fall.
The non-credit program is
designed to give participants the
background and skills needed to
prepare to take on new job responsi-
bilities. Students may enroll for a
single course or for the certificate
program, which can be completed
at their time allows. Z
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Effective Supervisor which will be
offered Monday evenings, from 6:30
to 8:30, beginning February 3
through May 5; and Fundamental
Concepts of Business Data Process-
ing which will be offered on Tues-
days, from 6 to 9 p.m., beginning
February 4 through April 8.
Elective courses for the certifi-
cate program that also wil be
offered for the Spring semester are
Effective Administration of Office
Operations which will be offered on
Wednesday evenings, from 6:30 to
8:30, beginning February 5 through
April 23; and Business Law and
Terminology which will be offered
on Thursdays, from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m., beginning February 6 through
May 8.
Other required and elective
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courses for the program are The
Administrative Assistant, Effective
Verbal Communications, An Intro-
duction to Word Processing,
Accounting for the Nonfinancial
Manager, Basic Techniques in Per-
sonnel Interviewing, Personnel
Practices and Techniques, and Prin-
ciples and Practices of Supervision
in Hospital and Health Care Admin-
istration.
The Certificate of Completion for
the Administrative Assistant Pro-
gram is awarded to those students
who satisfactorily complete six
courses with a grade average of B
or better. In addition to the four
required courses, students may
choose two elective courses to fulfill
certificate requirements.
All classes will be ‘held in the
Educational Conference Center on
the main campus of the community
college. Registration deadline is
seven days prior to the start of the
class. Fc: further information on
the program, or to register to
attend, contact Karen Dessoye at
the Office of Continuing Education,
829-7481.
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The Kingston Township Depart-
ment of Fire Safety and Prevention
would like to make residents aware
that fire safety literature has been
distributed to businesses throughout
the Township and is available at no
charge to anyone interested.
The following businesses are par-
ticipating in this program and have
literature available: Back Mt.
and Trucksville Pharmacy.
Fire Safety literature is also
available at the Municipal Building
or by contacting Gary Beisel, Fire
Safety and Prevention Officer, at
696-3809.
Lumber, McCrory’s, Cook’s Phar-
macy, Shavertown Lumber, Raves
Nursery, N-Mart, Pizza Perfect.
A $1,000 grand prize is being
offered in World of Poetry’s Elev-
enth Annual Poetry Contest, open to
all poets. In addition to the grand
prize, there are 99 cash and mer-
chandise awards, totaling over $10,-
000.
Says Contest Director Joseph
Mellon, “This is the 11th year we
have sponsored such a contest, and
we expect new and exciting discov-
eries to come of it.”
For rules and official entry forms
write, World of Poetry, Dept. PR,
2431 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento,
California 95817.
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