THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email fcnews@nep.net - PAGE 11

Keep PA Beautiful Urges adoption of roads, parks

Keep Pennsylvania Beauti-ful invites local residents, or-ganizations, civic groups, and businesses to join programs to adopt local areas, such as mu-nicipal roads, communities, parks, neighborhood blocks, greenways, waterways and trails to keep them litter free.

According to Keep America Beautiful’s 2009 National Vis-ible Litter Survey and Litter Cost Study, litter cleanup costs the U.S. more than an estimat-ed $11.5 billion each year with municipalities spending more than $790 million and counties spending $185 million each year.

For more information visit http://www.keeppabeautiful.org/keep-pennsylvania-beau-tiful-keep-it/keep-pennsylva-nia-beautiful-keep-it-adop-tion-program/ or contact Stephanie Larson at slarson@keeppabeautiful.org or 724-836-4121 x104. For information about adopting a state main-tained road, visit the PA De-partment of Transportation at www.penndot.gov and search Adopt-a-Highway.

Tax help in Susq. County

Tax aides through AARP will be available at the Susquehanna County Aging Office located at 157 Spruce St Montrose, Pa 18801to complete individuals’ taxes.

This free service is available to those 60 years and older. The taxes are completed by volunteers that have completed training.

Dates available include: March 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 28th

April 4th For questions or to make an ap-

pointment, please call 1-800-634-3746.

B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging, Inc. are funded in part by the Penn-sylvania Department of Aging; the United Way of Bradford County; the United Way of Susquehanna County; and the Bradford, Sul-livan, Susquehanna, and Tioga County Commissioners.

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FCR Superintendent Dr. Jessica Aquilina Report•On behalf of the Forest City

Regional School District I would like to extend our condolences to Mrs. Martha Peck and her family on the loss of Mr. Ron-ald Peck. Mr. Peck was a valued member of our Forest City Re-gional School District commu-nity who did an outstanding job transporting our students and keeping them safe for the past 20 years. Mr. Peck always had a smile on his face and seemed to truly enjoy working with our students. He will be greatly missed.

In addition, I would like to extend our condolences to Tom and Sharon Nebzydoski and the Nebzydoski family on the death of their son Nick. Tom Nebzydoski is a transportation contractor for the Forest City Re-gional School District. Nick was an alumnus of the Forest City Regional School District and he will be greatly missed.

•The Susquehanna County School District Superintendents met with District Attorney Klein to discuss the opioid epidemic. We will be working collabora-tively to develop and integrate a county-wide plan for commu-nication, education, prevention, and support. The DA indicated that the DARE program cur-riculum has been completely re-vamped and he will be schedul-ing a meeting in the near future to present this curriculum to the superintendents and building principals for review.

•We received a grant in the amount of $1,860.00 from the David Colwell Fund, which is earmarked for journalism or communications. We will use the money toward a TV Studio for the high school.

•Congratulations to Luke Nevins who qualified for the Region IV Chorus Competition which will be held at Hughes-ville HS February 22-24. Junior Katie Nguyen also placed as an alternate.

•The Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition is on display at Mary-wood University until February 15, 2017. The FCRSD received nine awards this year! Congrat-ulations to Mrs. Galinsky and the following students: Caitlyn Bonham-1 Gold Key Award and 1 Silver Key Award; Kendra Bendyk-1 Silver Key Award and 1 Honorable Mention; Kathryn Novajosky-Silver Key Award; Claire Urbas-Silver Key Award; Katelyn Hentschel-Honorable Mention; Nick Kowalick-Honor-able Mention; and Hope Reams-

Honorable Mention.•Congratulations to senior

Ryan Kelleher who was accepted into the 2017 Student Ambassa-dor Program with Senator Blake. Ryan will represent Forest City Regional in meetings and tours focused on the inner workings of government. Ryan is one of 22 students from across the region who have been selected for the program.

•FCRSD and our high school students were honored Monday evening at the Salvation Army’s annual recognition dinner. Se-nior and NHS president Joseph Pietrowski did an outstanding job representing FCR with pub-lic comment regarding what volunteering for the food pantry in our community has meant to him and his classmates. I was very proud to be there alongside our students.

•The PA Department of Edu-cation has provided a one year extension for all Phase III School Districts for Comprehensive School Improvement Planning and Special Education Planning. Our team has agreed that we will only hit the pause button for now due to the number of snow days we have had and will resume teacher/team meetings following the state assessments in April and early May.

The PDE public tour regard-ing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has been resched-uled for April 4, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. The primary focus of this event is to provide information regarding the ESSA and the ongoing de-velopment of PDE’s State Plan for its implementation.

HELP WANTED

Mary Carol Hanis, Vice President Retail Banking at The Dime Bank, recently gradu-ated from an intensive one-year program as a member of the inaugural 2016-17 class of the Pennsylvania Bankers Leader-ship Institute, an initiative of the Pennsylvania Bankers Asso-ciation (PA Bankers).

Hanis has served the banking industry since 1993 with an ex-tensive background focused on business development, giving her a strong knowledge base to provide both traditional and non-traditional solutions for individuals and corporations alike. Hanis joined The Dime Bank in 2005 and is responsible for the administration and co-ordination of The Dime Bank’s seven community offices to en-sure consistent, quality service. She supervises, communicates with, and motivates the office managers at each branch to ef-ficiently attain objectives set by senior management. Hanis also ensures each branch office is in compliance with bank policies and procedures.

Mary Carol Hanis holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Com-munication from the University of Scranton and completed the Pennsylvania Bankers Associa-tion Central Advanced School of Banking. She lives in Peck-ville with her husband, Bob, and her two children.

The Dime Bank President and Chief Executive Officer Gary C. Beilman stated, “Mary Carol’s position is a challeng-ing one, requiring her to have an understanding of individual dynamics to form a strong team atmosphere. At The Dime Bank, we encourage continuous ca-reer learning to reinforce our employees’ skills in this com-plex banking environment and we are proud of Mary Carol for strengthening our ranks with her increased knowledge.”

The Pennsylvania Bank-ers Leadership Institute offers emerging and existing leaders highly personalized and inter-active planning sessions spe-cifically tailored to the banking industry. Throughout five two-day sessions, participants ex-amined the correlation between organizational culture, perfor-mance, leadership, engagement and communication, ending with the development of an in-dividualized Leadership Action Plan.

“We applaud The Dime Bank and Mary Carol Hanis for understanding the incred-ible value of this program,” said Duncan Campbell, PA Bankers president & CEO. “It’s not just of benefit to individual bank leaders and banks; the lessons learned throughout the pro-gram can also be applied collec-tively to help us prepare for the future of our industry.”

The Pennsylvania Bankers Association is now accepting

applications for the 2017-18 class, which begins in June. The Pennsylvania Bankers Asso-ciation, located in Harrisburg, is the state’s leading banking trade association representing an expansive and diverse mem-bership. The Association offers extensive continuing education programs, government rela-tions representation on behalf of the industry, and provides numerous products and ser-vices for banks and their em-ployees.

The Dime Bank has been helping customers meet their financial needs since 1905. Serving its primary market of Northeast Pennsylvania, the bank offers a full array of fi-nancial services and solutions. Community banking yields community benefits. For more information on The Dime Bank, visit www.thedimebank.com. Member FDIC.

Mary Carol Hanis

Hanis graduates from PA Bankers Leadership Institute

Training supportScholarshipsAvailable inSusq. County

A new scholarship fund is now available to assist veterans, reserv-ists and National Guard members for the Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains headquar-tered in Montrose. The scholar-ships will begin when all federal education benefits are exhausted.

Scholarship recipients will at-tend the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center located at the Elk Lake School in Dimock.

The objective is to offer voca-tional training for a career. The school offers 12 fulltime vocational programs.

Any interested individual should directly contact SCCTC Adult Education Administrator at 570-278-9229 extension 6671. The school researches the avail-ability of other financial resources and verifies all qualifications. The application is reviewed for final approval by the VETS advisory board of local veterans.

Anyone wishing to make a do-nation to the scholarship fund can do so by contacting Community Foundation of Endless Mountains at 570-278-3800.

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PM book clubChange ofMeeting date

The March meeting of the Pleas-

ant Mount Library Book Club has been postponed one week. The rescheduled meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Library, 375 Great Bend Turnpike Pleasant Mount. The March selection is Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben. For additional information please call the library during its regularly scheduled hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.