Contributed photo Pictured from left to right are, seated, Jennie Harris, Irving Kaufman Award; Erin Garry, Mac Kinsbruner Award; Lisa Marie Accardo, Leo Rappaport Award and Andrea McCoy, Kathy LaBuda Award. Standing, President Sharon Jankiewicz; Cory Kaplan, Max Schapiro Award; Ben Morganstein, Ben Golden Award; Justin Dainack, Boris Shalman Award; Kristin Hackett, Florence Leshner Award and Past President Kathy LaBuda. (Click for larger image) $7500 in scholarship from Kiwanis MONTICELLO — The Monticello Kiwanis Club presented eight Monticello High School seniors with a total of $7500 in college scholarships. The awards range from $500 to $1500 and are given in memory or in honor of prominent community people.

Burckard graduates Albany Law

ALBANY — Nicole A. Burckard, of Eldred, was one of 218 students who received a juris doctor degree from Albany Law School on May 25, 2002 at the Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany.

The commencement address was delivered by Justice Anthony V. Cardona, the presiding justice for the New York State Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department and an Albany Law School graduate from the class of 1970. Both Justice Cardona and Law School Dean Thomas H. Sponsler, who will retire at the end of June, received an honorary degree.

In addition, several Albany Law School alumni who received LL.B. degrees in the 1940s exchanged them for honorary juris doctor degrees during the ceremony.

Albany Law School, founded in 1851, is the nation’s oldest independent law school. Today it has approximately 700 students and 48 full-time faculty.

Conservation scholarship

PIKE COUNTY — The Pike County Conservation District is offering a $395 scholarship to sponsor a Pike County youth interested in attending one of Penn State’s Conservation Leadership Schools (PSCLS) this summer. Residency in Pike County is required. The scholarship will be awarded to a student, 15 to18 years old that has completed ninth grade. Students attending a Conservation Leadership School work in groups, exploring subjects such as Sustainable Forestry, the Future of Pennsylvania Wood Products, the Watershed Management Challenge and Managing Pennsylvania’s White-tailed Deer. Classes are held in the field under the supervision of resident instructors. Two identical one-week sessions of Conservation Leadership Schools will run from June 23 to June 28 and July 7 to July 12. Schools are held at the 700-acre Stone Valley Recreational Area outside State College, PA.

For more information call 570/226-8220 or email jjose@pikepa.org. Application forms are available the Pike County Conservation District, HC 8 Box 6770, Hawley, PA 18428.

	Contributed photo Students and their teachers stand next to their WTC memorial. Students in Mr. Root’s class include: Brittany Baggatta, Marissa Benton, Keelin Bonilla, Gabrielle Duprey, Gabrielle Edwards, Brianna Jackson, Arber Kukaj, Shantel Richards, Jesus Lasorda, Harrison Rudzinskas, Brian Russell, Morris Schrader, Alexis Sherwood, Zachery Sprague and Damian Travis. (Click for larger image)

Memorial Day lesson

LIBERTY — Students in Jeffrey Root’s kindergarten class at the White Sulphur Springs Primary School recently got a history lesson on why Memorial Day is celebrated in the U.S.

The kindergarten students learned about personal memorials as well as war memorials. The students also discussed the tragedy of September 11. Making the experience more real-life, the students and Mr. Root handcrafted their own World Trade Center Memorial, which shed light on the entire meaning of Memorial Day.

In addition to discussing the importance of Memorial Day and creating their own World Trade Center Memorial, the students wrote a letter to President George Bush regarding their class project as well as a photograph of the class standing next to their memorial.

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