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Members inducted
Szalkowski, Zone Chairman, who presented the charge to
the new Lions and their sponsors. The new members
inducted and their sponsors were Tom Rushnock, sponsored
by Lion Ed Piatt; George Yurko, sponsored by Lion Ed Piatt;
and Bill Stine, sponsored by Lion Al Radginski. The Lions
Club also recognized Jeff Austin of Lake-Lehman High
School for scholastic achievement in and contributions to
the overall school program. Jeff has maintained a perfect
4.0 average in his scholastic studies while participating in
the demanding sport of wrestling. He has been a member of
the National Honor Society since the ninth grade and a
wrestling winner at the district and regional level during the
same time frame. In his junior year he placed fifth in the
state wrestling championship. He is an active member of
«ie Ruggles United Methodist Church. His parents are
Charles and Lynn Austin of Harveys Lake. From left above
are George Yurko, new member; Ed Piatt, sponsor; Bill
Stine, new member; Al Radginski, sponsor.
Program held
Ten people from Penn's Woods Girl Scout Council joined
485 Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts, Adult volunteers and
paid staff members, from across the country for a national
program conference held recently in Wilmington, Del. The
meeting brought together representatives from 31 Girl Scout
Councils in seven states that comprise region two, to
exchange ideas, discuss new program resources and share
successes for continued extension and development of Girl
Scouting. Those who attended are shown above as they
were leaving the Council office in Wilkes-Barre. They are,
from left, Mary Lou Swingle, Shavertown, first vice presi-
dent; Karen Stalgaitis, McAdoo, Senior Girl Scout; Kim
O'Boyle, Kingston, Cadette Girl Scout; Karen Lindsay,
Kingston, Neighborhood Director, Daisy Trainer and Troop
Leader; Mary Ann Mackri, Shavertown, Daisy Girl Scout
trainer and leadery; Nancy Eckhart, Mountaintop, outdoor
trainer and older girl trainer; Betty Ford, Wilkes-Barre, Staff
Director of Membership Services; Susan McCartney, Orwigs-
burg, Board member, trainer, and leader; Sandy Loomis,
Mountaintop, outdoor and older girl trainer; Patricia Essler,
Pottsville, Field Director for Neighborhoods in the Pottsville
area.
Dr. Carl Pratt, Jr. of Shavertown,
Assistant Professor of Biology at
Penn State Wilkes-Barre has been
awarded a $14,000 research grant to
further his studies on culm bank
revegetation and reclamation. The
grant comes from the Pennsylvania
Research Corporation, a nonprofit
group dedicated to fostering and
advancing scientific research within
the state.
His proposal is entitled ‘“‘Charac-
terization and Evaluation of Anthra-
cite Mine Spoils for Purposes of
Revegetation and Reclamation.’’
The purpose of the project is to
study the basic biology of the gray
birch tree, which commonly grows
on culm banks, in order to under-
stand what characteristics allow
them to survive. Dr. Pratt hopes the
insights as to which other plants,
especially those of commercial
value, might also survive on the-
banks and so improve our ability to
revegetate such areas.
Dr. Pratt’s research on the sub-
ject started 4 years ago, and he has
already completed preliminary
studies on Gray Birch seed germi-
nation and natural regeneration. He
says he needed the equipment made
available through the grant to carry
on. “I have done all the work
possible, including germination and
aging studies. Now it was a matter
of getting the equipment to be able
to go any further.”
His experiments are being carried
Bonsavage
named 2nd
lieutenant
David A. Bonsavage, son of David
A. Bonsavage Sr. of Chiefland, Fla.,
and M. Terry Bonsavage of Rural
Route 4, Dallas, was commissioned
a second lieutenant upon graduation
from the U.S. Military Academy,
West Point, N.Y. recently and
awarded a degree in computer sci-
ence.
The Military Academy is a four-
year educational institution with the
task of training young Americans to
become professional Army officers.
In addition to the military training,
the academy stresses academics,
intramural and intercollegiate ath-
letics and other extracurricular
activities.
The lieutenant is scheduled to
attend training in the Air Defense
Artillery Branch at Fort Bliss,
Texas.
The United States Achievement
Academy announced that Michael
Williams of Shavertown has been
named a United States National
Award winner in Science. This
award is a prestigious honor very
few students can ever hope to attain
as the Academy recognizes less
than 10 percent of all American high
school students.
Mike attends Dallas Jr. High
School and was nominated for this
National Award by Mrs. Lee Ann
Johnson, a gifted program teacher
at the school. He recently won first
place in the gifted program Science
Fair with his model of a laser.
Mike is a member of the Dallas
Jr. High basketball team, student
council, and is very active in Back
Mountain sports programs, partici-
pating in soccer, baseball, and bas-
ketball.
He is the son of Mike and Carol
Williams, Shavertown. His grand-
parents are Leo and Lena Williams
of Mountainotp and Florence Killiri
of West Pittston and the late Tony
Killiri.
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DR. CARL PRATT JR.
out on a mining site owned by the
Pagnotti Coal Company in Swoyers-
ville. He says company officials
have been extremely cooperative,
and are interested in research
results.
Dr. Pratt, 34, has his Ph.D. in
ecology from Syracuse University.
He received his Bachelor of Science
degree in Biology from Muhlenberg
College in 1974, and is a graduate of
the Coatesville Area Senior High
School. He has been teaching biol-
since the Fall of 1979.
DAVID A. BONSAVAGE
Photo is winner
Jennifer Mullins, daughter of Pat-
rick and Mary Jean Mullins, of
Shavertown, was the subject of a
photograph which recently received
an Award of Excellence in the
PHotography Award Program spon-
sored by the International Profes-
sional Photographers Guild.
The photograph was taken by
John J. Rygiel II of the Rygiel
Studio of Photography in Wyoming.
Students honored
Patrizia Bove, right, Barbara
Davies, center, and Jackie
Holdredge, left, received
Certificates of Merit for hon-
orable mention and a gold
achievement key for art work
deserving exira commenda-
tion by the Eastern Pennsyl-
vania Scholastic Art Awards
Program.
Brownies can do anything! Diane
Bonham’s Brownie Girl Scout Troop
606 in Sweet Valley proved that
recently. They tackled a clean-up
job in the old Sweet Valley Ceme-
tery - and finished it- all between 8
a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
These little girls raked leaves and
debris, pulled weeds, cut grass,
planted flowers, and painted the
fence. A few of their moms and one
dad pitched in with the tools that
the girls shouldn’t use. But the girls
were the busy bees who made usre
that there were flowers on most of
the graves, in the urn, and that the
flowers were watered. They picked
up the faded old flags and replaced
them with new flags donated by the
Luzerne County Office of Veterans
Affairs.
The fence painting turned into a
classic Tom Sawyer tale - with
perhaps as much paint on the girls
as on the fencem - but the end result
is sparkling clean and obviously
cared for.
What got these Brownies so busy?
Penn’s Woods Girl Scout Council
was the recipient of a grant from
Hometown America to fund the
local “KIDS CARE” project.
“KIDS CARE’ is intended to
make it possible for local young
people to decide on area appearance
improvement projects and have the
necessary equipment to accomplish
the task. The grant money, with
local matching funds, has pur-
chased a van and trailer, tools and
safety equipment. The Girl Scout
council is coordinating expediting,
and networking to involve many
community groups.
In Sweet Valley, Brownie Troop
606 supplied the project and the
muscle power. “KIDS CARE” sup-
plied safety vests and garbage bags
donated by PennDCT and seedlings
grown by the horticulture classes at
the Wilkes-Barre Vocational Techni-
cal High School.
The end result is a community
cemetery, where some of the graves
date to before the Civil War,
spruced up for the summer. When
the parade went by on Memorial
Day, those Brownie Girl Scouts
said, “We did that”, with a real
sense of accomplishment.
ming Valley, in school groups, reli-
gious groups, clubs, Girl or Boy
Scouts, are invited to look around in
their own part of the community to
see if there is something that they
think needs to be done to improve
the community image.
Then contact the Penn’s Woods
Girl Scout Council office at 829-2631
to get on the “KIDS CARE” roster.
Let’s prove that kids really do care
about their community.
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