PAGE 10 THE POST COMMUNITY Sunday, July 1, 2007 SCHOOL BRIEFS Seminary graduates receive awards Wyoming Seminary graduates Kaytlin Kopen of Shavertown and Megan Messersmith of * Dallas, received the Jennie Hess : Wandell Scholarship Award during the school’s 163rd Com- mencement. The award is given in recog- nition of the students’ academic achievements and school lead- ership. Kopen, daughter of Dr. and { Mrs. Dan Kopen, has been named to the Dean’s List with High Honors and Cum Laude, the national honor society for college preparatory schools. She also received the President’s Educational Excellence Award. Prior to Commencement she received the PIAA Scholar- Athlete Award and the Charles L. March Opinator Award. She was named a National | Merit Commended Scholar and was named to the Governor’s School for Global Entrepreneur- ship in 2006. She has been ac- tive on the student newspaper the Opinator, serving as a writ- er, photographer, editor and ! editor-in-chief. She also participated in the Community Service Group, | Peer Writing Lab and Knights of i the Round. A four-year member . and letter-winner on the girls . tennis team, she served as cap- ¢ tain her senior year and re- . ceived the Sem Gold Award in | tennis. i BT TT TR ———— Messersmith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Messersmith, also has been named to the Dean’s List with High Honors and to Cum Laude. She is a 2007 National Merit Scholarship winner and received the President’s Educational Excellence Award. She also received a Times Leader Best © and Brightest Award in 2007. I 3 temp a Prior to Commencement she received the Second Mile Award, the Brown University Book Award, the Frederick Rudolph Prize for Historical Writing and the Teresa Jordan and Frank J. Mehm II Scholar- ship Award. She played the handbells in the Handbell Choir and the clarinet in the Sem orchestra and pit band and has been named to district and regional orchestra. She also was active in the executive board of the Com- munity Service Group Executive . Board, Model UN, Spanish club, the Sem Dance Company, stu- 4 dent board of appeals and peer writing lab. She also served in student government as her class repre- sentative in her sophomore year. | Lyons inducted into honor society Mary Ellen Lyons, of Dallas, was one of 53 Luzerne County ! Community Colelge students inducted to Alpha Sigma Lamb- da, the national honor society of adult learners, during a ceremo- ny at the college’s Atherton Gymmnasim. Alpha Sigma Lambda honors dedicated adult students who accomplish academic excellence See SCHOOL, Page 12 LETHA SCHNECK Taught elementary school at Lake-Lehman Letha M. Schenck, 92, of Nox- en, died Sunday, June 24, 2007, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Idetown, she resided in Noxen for most of her life. She graduated from Monroe Township High School and Bloomsburg State College. She taught primary grades at Beaumont for five years and kin- dergarten for the Lake-Lehman School District for nine years, re- tiring in 1971. Surviving are her sons, Law- rence F. Schenck, Cumming, Ga., W. Keith Schenck, at home; and Marshall I. Schenck, of Noxen; two grandchildren; two reat- grandchildren; sister, Ruth New- berry, of Noxen. Memorial donations to the Noxen United Methodist Church, RR 1 Box 196A, Noxen, = PA 18636; or Schenck Memorial Library, c/o James Lane, RR 1 Box 108E, Noxen, PA 18636. TRAINING Continued from Page 1 and Barry says the acquired structure burn will help pre- pare the firefighters for bigger homes. On July 10 and 13, participa- ting firefighters will be at the house to establish water sup- ply and to review hose man- agement and ladder skills. Three instructors are required to be present for the on-site training sessions. At some point, the house will also be cleaned and loaded with pal- lets contributed by Offset Pa- perback. July 14 is the date the fire- fighters will actually set the house on fire. The house will be lit repeatedly throughout the day to practice different types of conditions and tech- niques. A minimum of 24 stu- dents and seven instructors are needed for the burn to take place. Every square inch will be used and the training is not over until only the home’s foundation is left, says Barry. “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong in this build- ing,” Barry told the class. “Ev- erybody has to have their head on straight and follow proce- dures,” he later said. Before the burn, health sta- tistics, including blood pres- sure and heart rate are taken on each firefighter to make sure they can physically en- dure the dangerous condi- tions. A health review is also taken after the burn to ensure the firefighters were not affect- ed. Barry lectured to his stu- dents to physically prepare for the burn ahead of time. “What are you eating, what are you drinking, what kinds of physical activity are you do- ing?” Barry asked the class. Trucksville Fire Chief Bill The community is invited to join us for an upcoming Eck says the house that will be burned used to belong to a dairy farmer named Ralph Sands. In 1986, a barn of Sands’ burned down and he lost some of his prized cattle. The barn was one of about 27 barns set ablaze by an arsonist in the area. The string of arsons remains un- solved, says Eck, who has been the fire chief in Trucksville since Monster works for n 1979. Sands’ home has remained va- cant since his death in 1998 at the age of 83. John Sobeck, own- er and operator of First General Services of Northeastern Penn- sylvania, recently purchased land that included the home. First General Services is a full service construction company that provides emergency fire and water restoration to homes and businesses. Sobeck donated the home on behalf of the business to local fire departments to use as a training resource. He will al- so be picking up any expenses associated with the burn and will provide food and beverages to the firefighters. “This is an opportunity to give back to the community and, spe- cifically, to the fire department we cooperate with on an almost daily basis and to improving the safety of our nearby residents,” said Sobeck. “All too often we at First General witness the tragic aftermath of residential fires. It should be priority number one that we all work to improve pub- lic safety measures in our local communities.” 1, Find more jobs that match your interests at timesleader.monser.com. 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