[§ | | | 8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 14, 1990 cE roe SEES PEOPLE Mosca to head St. Jude's Bike-A-Thon Ron Mosca of Dallas has been named chairman of St. Jude's Children’s Research Hospital Bike- A-Thon to be held on May 12 at Dallas High School. St. Jude's Children’s Research Hospital was founded by enter- tainer Danny Thomas and opened its doors to the public in 1962 to combat catastrophic diseases which afflict our children. Thanks to St. Jude's Hospital, children who have leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, sickel-cell anemia, and other child-killing diseases now have a better chance to live. Ron is in need of volunteers to help with the Bike-A-Thon. If you locally can help please call him at 675- 2238. Everything is still in the planning stages; tentative time for the ride is 9-3 and it will be a two mile closed route starting at the Dallas High School. There will be water and light refreshments along the route at designated spots. Information and pledge sheets will be distributed through the schools and sent home with stu- dents, Call 675-2238 to volunteer to help in this one-day event that will aid in the treatment of causes, cures and prevention of these ter- rible killers to children. 1990 OFFICERS- From left, David Witkowski of Northeast Ground Maintenance, Secretary/Treasurer; John J. Dulsky of Plains Nursery & Landscaping, Chairman; and Bruce Hontz of Rave’s Nursery, Program Chairman. Nurserymen elect officers Members of the E-2 Chapter of the Pennsylvania Nurserymen'’s Association, Inc. installed new Chapter Officers for 1990. Inaugu- rated at a dinner/meeting held recently at the Best Western East Mountain Inn, Wilkes-Barre, were John. J..Dulsky.of Plains. Nursery. & Landscaping, Chairman; Bruce Hontz of Rave’s Nursery, Program Chairman and David Witkowski, of Northeast Ground Maintenance, Secretary /Treasurer. The E-2 Chapter included coun- ties are Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming with 63 total Active Member Firms. The Pennsylvania Nurserymen'’s Association was formed in the city of Lancaster in 1904 and was in- corporated as a non-profit organi- zation in 1964. Today member- ship is 821 active member firms statewide. The PNA offers member. rela- tions, education/information, government affairs, marketing/ promotion, professionalism, pub- licity/public relations, workforce development and other supportive services to its members. For membership information on PNA E-2 Chapter contact Dave Dulsky at (717) 826-0057 or PNA, Harris- burg, PA at (717) 238-1673. EMPLOYEE OF YEAR- Paul Littleford has been named 1989 em- ployee of the year at Offset Paperback Manufacturer's in Dallas. From left, Littleford and Michael J. Gallagher, OPM president. Littleford named Offset's Employee of the Year Paul J. Littleford, Maintenance Department Foreman, has been named OPM'’s “1989 Employee of the Year.” He was presented with an en- graved mug and his name was inscribed on the Employee of the Year Plaque which is on display in the OPM trophy case. Although he worked for OPM on a part-time basis between June 1975 and June 1976, Paul's ca- reer at OPM really began on May 9, 1977. He has progressed through various Maintenance Department positions to his cur- rent position of foreman. A 1975 graduate of Lake- Lehman High School, Paul is also a 1977 graduate of the Wil- liamsport Area Community Col- lege Electrical Construction Pro- gram. He has completed the Penn State University Level I and Level II Supervisory Management De- - velopment Programs and a Com- puter Asst. Design I & II (CAD) course at LCCC. In addition, Paul has been an active member of OPM's Fire Brigade and Safety Committee. An example of dedication and commitment, Paul's extra efforts, assistance, suggestions and sup- port form the basis of exemplary standards of personal excellence and achievement. His perform- ance is especially noteworthy when one considers the workload and projects faced by Paul and the Maintenance Department this past year. Paul and his wife Linda also an OPM employee reside in the Har- veys Lake area. Recommendations are solicited each year from all departmental foreman, supervisors and manag- ers. Nomination consideration includes factors such as: dependa- bility, cooperation, attitude, crea- tivity, performance which consis- tently meets or exceeds standards and accomplishments which are clearly above average. Recommen- dations spanned many depart- ments and totaled eight nomina- tions. Penn State campus names two to admissions staff Penn State Wilkes-Barre has named two new members to the campus Admissions staff. John S. Barnes, Jr., of Wilkes- Barre, has been named Admis- sions Officer at Penn State Wilkes- Barre campus in Lehman. A cam- pus graduate, he previously served as coordinator of the Office of Minority Programs for the College ~ of Liberal Arts at Penn State. Mary E. Ghilani, of Shavertown, has been named Admissions Coun- selor and Recruiter. Barnes is no stranger to the Penn State system. He holds three Penn State degrees, and also has ‘worked for the University as a counselor and advisor for the past six years. He received an associate degree in letters, arts and sciences in 1975 from the Penn State Wilkes- Barre campus and later received a bachelor's degree in community development at Penn State Uni- versity Park. He received his mas- ter's degree in public administra- tion in 1988. Barnes and his wife Marcia live in Larksville. Ghilani, formerly of Madison, Wisconsin, holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education- communicative disorders, and a master’s degree in speech pathol- ogy, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has had four poems published and is cur- rently writing children's fiction in her spare time. She previously managed and performed resume writing services for a temporary help service in Madison. She and her husband Charles Ghilani, Ph.D., an assistant pro- fessor of surveying technology at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, live in Shavertown. Mary E. Ghilani John S. Barnes, Jr. For More Information, Call First Hospital Wyoming Valley 149 Dana Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 Iirst Hospital Wyoming Valley A Private Psychiatric Facility Providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care to children, adolescents, adults and those individuals experiencing problems of addiction in addition to their psychiatric problems. (717) 829-7900 or 1-800-624-9902 Professor's paper dispels coal mine-football myth Contrary to myth, a football scholarship was not a ticket out of the coal mines for Northeastern Pennsylvania athletes in the first half of the century. “It was the high school degree that kept a young man out of the mines,” says Paul J. Zbiek, assis- tant professor of history at King's College. “If boys had the ambition, desire and family support needed to fin- ish high school, they were more likely to seek employment in a safer, higher-paying venue.” Dr. Zbiek, a Shavertown resi- dent who graduated from King's in 1973, examines the role of scho- lastic football in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley in a paper pre- sented at a recent conference. He says the myth about football and the mines remains widely believed both in the Keystone State and around the nation. In the 1953 Warner Brothers film, “Trouble Along the Way,” with John Wayne and Donna Reed, the success of “coach” Wayne's small college football team is attributed to emptying the coal mines of Pennsylvania and filling the roster with athletes of questionable aca- demic ability. Dr. Zbiek. says Wilkes-Barre and surrounding Wyoming Valley towns did produce impressive PAUL J. ZBIEK numbers of college players (85 in 1933 alone) but evidence indicates the “dumb jock” label was unfair. He examined records of the 1939 Plymouth High School football team and found football players more highly represented in the academic curriculum and on the honor roll than was the case with the rest of the student body. NEED A VALENTINE??? Stop at Fino's Pharmacy Today Valentine's Day - Feb. 14 Special Valentine Cards _, Forget-Me-Not 4 For Your Loved One Russell Stover's Valentine Hearts of Chocolates Assorted Creams, Nuts, Chewy, Crispy Milk and Dark Chocolate or: . Tun. 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