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Local hockey team participates in Read Across America Week

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Members of the WBS Knights Hockey Team performed community service at the Fricchione Center on the Marywood University campus during Read Across America Week.

Shown, from left, are: Stephen Kelly,  Jim Elser (kneeling) Tim Gelatt, Aiden Beck, Zed Dietrich, Austin Redders, Matt Bernack and Tanner Bennett.  

Ranging in age from 16 to 20, the young men come from all over the United States and around the world to play hockey in this area.

Team members attending Holy Cross High school include: Dennis Arkhypenko, Sacha Guillemain, Alex Makarin, Karlis Lasis, Tyler Briley, Kohei Sato and Andre Svistunov.

 

Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

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Three Holy Cross High School students were among the Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, the Leadership Lackawanna teen program, who recently met at Lackawanna College for their Graduation Recognition Ceremony.

Leadership Lackawanna’s seven-month Tomorrow’s Leaders Today program develops the leadership, interpersonal and managerial skills of high school juniors and provides real-world experiences in the areas of philanthropy, non-profit organizations and community service.

Graduates pictured are, front row from left: Heather Marie Mitchell, Abington Heights; Katharine DeFrancesco, Riverside;  Alexis Tayoun, Old Forge; Abigail Guziewicz, Holy Cross; Ashleigh Clarke and Madison Lee, Lackawanna Trail; Leah Pawluck, Holy Cross; Emily Sarah Marquardt, Abington Heights; Mikayla Taylor Heid, Valley View; Nori D. Zaccheo, West Scranton, and Julianne Frances Hunt, Holy Cross.

Back row: Lindsey Loss, board chair, Leadership Lackawanna; Colin Michael Leggat, Old Forgel;  Darren Ronald Pitts, Scranton; Noah Eugene Musto, Abington Heights; Maura M. Nevins, Carbondale Area; Anjli Dalsania, Abington Heights; Julia V. J. Betti, Mid Valley Secondary Center; Vincent Betti, Valley View; Grace Gallagher, Lackawanna Trail; Elizabeth Johnson, North Pocono; Katherine A. Howey, Riverside; Kathryn Retzbach, Lakeland; Jacob Watts, Scranton; Spencer T. Zimmerman, Summit Christian Academy; Benjamin Joseph Dial, North Pocono; Zachary Niemiec, West Scranton, and Nicole Morristell, director, Leadership Lackawanna.

 

Keystone UNICO scholarship recipients

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The Keystone Chapter UNICO National recently awarded three High School Seniors $1,000 each and a certificate of achievement for both their academic standing and community service involvement.

Pictured in the front row, from left are scholarship recipients Maren Lindemuth, Dunmore High School, who will attend Penn State Worthington majoring in Mathematics; Cassandra Diehl, North Pocono High School, who will attend Penn State Main majoring in Chemistry and Secondary Education; and Christina Brannon, Holy Cross High School, who will attend The University of Scranton majoring in Biology and Philosophy.

Standing in the second row are Cathy Bianchi, Keystone UNICO President-elect; Valerie Riggi, Keystone UNICO Treasurer; and Sandra Collins, Keystone UNICO Scholarship Director.