ie ({® The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, January 5, 1994 3 NON-VIOLENT DISCUSSION - Tina Sidonio introduces State Senator Charles Lemmond to start a discussion about violence in Lehman students, Lemmond discuss violence By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Lake-Lehman students and State Senator Charles Lemmond agree that there's too much vio- lence in our society. But neither found a neat solution to the prob- lem when Lemmond visited a classroom in December. Students concerned about vio- lence, especially its spread to the schools, invited state Senator Charles Lemmond to discuss the issue with their class at Lake- Lehman High School December 17. “Do you have a proposed solu- tion to school violence?” asked Tina Sidonio, who had originally invited Lemmond to visit the honors history and literature classes taught by John Conitz and Jane Smith . Foreign exchange students Anna Norburg from Sweden and Jolanda Bosma from the Nether- lands told Lemmond that Amer- ica’s media image in Europe is very violent. “From what we see on TV and in the movies at home, we think that every American has a gun and you can't walk the streets without seeing them,” they said. “We haven't seen that at all here. It's an exaggerated picture. But we're still surprised that so many homes have guns.” The senator said that while crime statistics have decreased, media coverage of crimes has increased. He attributed part of the school violence problem to difficult economic times, heavy media coverage, the entertainment industry and the drug culture. “Making a law against some- thing isn't always the answer. You can't legislate values. You can't mandate: ‘You will be a good per- son.’ You can't declare a morato- rium on crime,” he said. When asked, most of the stu- dents said that their families had guns at home. At least half had handguns. Several students agreed that television and movies tend to empahsize violence. Putney agency wins award The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) has awarded Putney & Associates a “10 Award” for the best Market- ing Communications Campaign of 1993. The campaign, created for Luzerne National Bank, included radio, newspaper, and outdoor advertising, as well a direct re- ponse and promotional materi- als. The IABC conducts the “10 Award” competition annually to recognize outstanding business communications. Entries were judged by IABC representatives from Wilmington, DE and Fort Worth, TX. The Luzerne National Bank campaign was selected based on creativity, professional- ism, reflection of organizational image, use of call-to-action” or incentive, clarity of communica- tions, consistency of elements, effective use of budget and re- sources, and suitability for the state objectives and audience. Putney & Associates is a full- service marketing and communi- cations firm whose services in- clude advertising, sales promo- tion, public relations, and mar- keting consulting. With capital- ized billings of nearly $10 million, Putney & Associates is a leading advertising agency in Northeast Pennsylvania. This is the third “10 Award” given to Putney & Associates since inception of the “10 Awards” competition in 1989. The Agency previously won for work for Skytop Lodge, Skytop, PA and Diamond Manufacturing, West Wyoming, PA. " Steven’ S a POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE society and in the schools. Sidonio invited Lemmond to meet with her honors history and literature class. “We see it in music and video games,” said Chris Pagoda. “I'm doing a term paper on violence,” said Courtney Heiser. “So much of it has been glamor- ized —- in some movies the heroes use violence as a way to get to the top.” “Maybe people have become desensitized toit,” Lemmond said. “Look at the Saturday morning cartoons. 1 love watching Road Runner, but even that's pretty violent.” Rennick asked if a five-year- old understands that watching’ Elmer Fudd blow Bugs Bunny away with arifle is pretend. “What happens if he then takes a gun and kills his own sister?” he asked. “It opens up a whole Pandora's box.” Other students disagreed. “I think that a person's attitude towards violence comes more from their environment than from TV,” said Melanie Sidorowicz. A law punishing students caught with weapons in school with automatic expulsion could have the reverse effect, tempting some students to bring a gun to school just to get expelled, Lemmond said. He added that weapons and violence in the schools seem to be more prevalent in the larger ur- ban areas. Lemmond has seen only one case where the person commit- ting the crime said that rock music made him do it. Shannon Kelly asked if the recently enacted Brady Bill will keep guns from criminals. Lemmond said, “No. Areas with the strictest gun control laws aren't necessarily the most crime- free, such as New York and Cali- fornia.” Although he didn't have a solu- tion, Lemmond said that turning schools into fortresses isn’t the answer. “It's a sad situation when a student caught with a gun in his locker is the lead news story, while stories about studentachievement are often on a newspaper's back page,” he concluded. EARNS SPECIAL AWARD - John F. Putney, left, President, Putney & Associates, a full-service advertising and public relations firm, Wilkes-Barre, and William V. Leandri, right, Executive Vice President and CEO, Luzerne National Bank, Luzerne, hold a “10 Award” received from the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the IABC for the best Marketing Communications Campaign of 1993. Registration Jan. 10 for Dallas High child development classes The Child Development classes at the Dallas Senior High School are developing projects and ac- tivities for their Nursery School. Parents of children who be- came three or four years old be- fore January 1, 1994, who wish to have their child participate in the project may register the child at the Senior High School office be- tween 9 a.m. and 12 noon Mon- day, January 10, through Wednes- day, January 12. In case of inclement weather, the registration will be held on the next school day. Sixteen children from each age group will be accepted on a first- come, first-served basis. The children and parents must be residents of the Dallas School District. The three-year olds will attend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day from 9:15-11:30 a.m. from Eric Suchecki nominated to U.S. Naval Academy Eric Anthony Suchecki of Armstrong Drive, Shavertown was recently nominated by The Hon- orable Paul Kanjorski to the United States Naval Academy. Eric at- tends Bishop O'Reilly High School in Kingston and will graduate in June, 1994. Eric is the son of Michael and Carol Krochta and the grandson of Nicholas and Marilyn Krochta, Welcome Lake, Pa and Francis and Dorothy Gutowski of Port Richey, Florida. February 1 through March 10. The four-year olds will attend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- day mornings from March 15 - April 28, except for April 5 and 6. The calendar and times foreach session will be available at regis- tration time. The schedule is subject to change and vacations in the regu- lar school calendar. Some time changes will be announced as school activities require. Transportation will be the re- sponsibility of the family. The children will participate in group and individual activities, story hour, snacks, crafts, music and science activities and lessons as well a free play. Additional information will be provided at the time of registra- tion. ERIC ANTHONY SUCHECKI King's grad info night Jan. 10 King's College will host a Gradu- ate Program Information Night on Monday, January 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Postupak Room of The William G. McGowan School of Business on the corner of North River and West Union Streets. King's offers master of science programs in accounting, finance and taxation. Dr. David Leahigh, director of the M.S. in finance program, Dr. Jane Morton, director of the M.S. in accounting program and Barry Williams, C.P.A., director of the M.S. in taxation program, will be available at the information night to answer questions. Spring classes at King’s begin on Monday, January 17. 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