Sunday, September 16, 2012 THE DALLAS POST 1 A pac Ife : 3 Ae Misericordia University freshman Josh Shanker, of West Windsor, N.J. trims brush at the Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge. MU freshmen offer services ore than 600 Misericordia University students, including 522 members of the freshman class, new transfer students, orientation leaders and Advocates, accompanied by staff and faculty, con- verged on Blue Chip Animal Refuge in the Back Moun- tain to plant trees and place fences during Orientation Day of Service 2012 on Aug. 25. Nicole Rhody, of Schuylkill Haven, gets ready to walk a puppy. Ryan Thomas, left, and Tim Kennedy, both of Dallas, clean the pa barn at the Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge. BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Misericordia students Joshua Dunn, left, of Coal Township, and Troy Shurites, of Harveys Lake, remove an electrical box from a fence as Alex Sergay of Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge assists. bo The 2012 Luzerne County Fair Princess was crowned at the fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 8. Contestants, ranging from 4 to 6 years old and residing in Luzerne County, dressed in their favorite party dress and told about themselves. From left, first row, are Chasity Basara, Trinity Basara, Lily Kania, Runner-Up Paige Moss, 2012 Princess Carly Yoder, 201 Princess Talyia Adamitz, Alaina Raspen, Mya Seabridge and Sage Morgan. Second row, Krista Paluski, Nicole Clemson, Brooke Evans, Katarina Ferrucci, Kaitlyn Miller, Bryn Harvey, Judy Harvey, Trudy Clemson and Amy Salansky. 0 ; nC Le 8 Sy From left, are Paige Moss, runner-up, and Carly Yoder, 2012 Lu- zerne County Fair Princess. FT __— me i ~~ Fair princess crowned The 2012 Luzerne County Fair Princess was crowned at the fair- grounds on Saturday, Sept. 8. Contestants, ranging from 4 to 6 years old and residing in Luzerne County, dressed in their favorite party dress and told a little bit about themselves. Carly Yoder, of Kingston, won the title and will take part in com- munity events during the year as the 2012 Luzerne County Fair Princess. Runner-up was Paige Moss of Dallas. Last year’s Princess Talyia Ada- mitzhelped crown the new prin- cess. Katarina Ferrucci, 2012 Lu- zerne County Fair Queen, was Mistress of Ceremonies with in- troductions by Brooke Evans, 2012 Queen Runner-Up; Nicole Clemson, 2009 PA State Fair Queen; and Kaitlyn Miller, 2012 Miss PA Outstanding Teen. Judges were Amy Salansky (1986 Howard County MD Farm Bureau Queen), Bryn Harvey (2007 Luzerne County Fair Queen), Krista Paluski (2009 Lu- zerne County Fair Queen) and Judy Harvey. Trudy Clemson is chairperson of the Luzerne County Fair Prin- cess Committee. Two receive master’s degrees Megan Devine, of Harvey’s Lake, and Victoria Posatko, of Dallas, both received master’s degrees in Physician Assistant studies from King’s College during the col- lege’s recent summer com- mence- ; . ment Devine ceremo- ny. The Class of 2012 is the 35th ’ graduat- Posatko ing class of the King’s Physician Assistant Program. The 38 students in the class had an average GPA of 3.71 (4.0 scale) and spent almost 90,000 hours seeing patients during their clinical rotations of the Professional Phase of the program. Healey graduates from Youngstown Jacke Healey, of Tunkhan- nock, graduated from Young- stown State University in August with a Bachelor of General Studies degree in General Studies. Smaka is member of MU team PEOPLE BRIEFS Susan Smaka, of Shaver- town, was a member of a team of Misericordia University occupational therapy graduate students that recently conduct- ed research on senior living at St. Luke’s Villa Retirement Community of the Diocese of Scranton, in Wilkes-Barre. The students conducted a series of group activity ses- sions for independent apart- ment-dwelling seniors to in- vestigate whether the happi- ness of older adults who reside in independent apartments can be improved through en- gagement in small group activ- ities. Van Jura receives master’s degree Zoe Isabelle Van Jura, of Tunkhannock, received a mas- ter’s degree in reading from King’s College during the college’s recent summer com- mencement ceremony. Three receive master’s degrees Three Tunkhannock resi- dents were among more than 450 undergraduate and gradu- ate students who received bachelor’s, master’s and docto- ral degrees at Wilkes Uni- versity’s summer commence- ment on Sept. 9. They are Katie Prusko, Ai- mee Sample, and Jennifer Williams who all earned Mas- ter of Science degrees in edu- cation.
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