Both have attitude at 'The View'
When "The View" with a Scranton Attitude takes to the Shopland Hall stage at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple on April 5, get ready for some attitude.
This "exciting twist on the popular daytime talk show" has attracted some of Scranton's finest as panelists who will discuss hot topics, talk about their lives and answer audience questions, Rachael H. Fronduti reports.
Featured panelists for April include: Chef Joseph Caputo of Zuppa Del Giorno and Catering by Joseph; Brian Jeffers, Lackawanna County Community Corrections; John Mackey of John Mackey Design; Evie Rafalko McNulty, Lackawanna County's recorder of deeds; Marianne Rader, domestic engineer; and Dan Simrell of Dan Simrell Advertising.
Shopland's doors will open at 6 p.m. for cocktails. The mad libbing gets underway at 7. Drinks and light fare will be available for purchase throughout the event.
"The View" with a Scranton Attitude: Let's Hear It from Both Sides! is sponsored by WNEP-TV.
Director of the year
Ann Marie Foley Binsner, a former area resident and Scranton Preparatory School graduate, will receive the National CASA Association's National Program Director of the Year award April 8 at CASA's annual conference in Anaheim, Calif. Ann Marie is the executive director of the nonprofit organization that recruits and trains community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in foster care in Prince George County, Md.
Selected from CASA's more than 900 program directors, Ann Marie is being recognized for "outstanding leadership qualities resulting in the enhanced quality of a program advocacy," according to a description of the award. The honoree must have taken significant action to establish or expand a CASA program, and, according to the association, Ann Marie is considered "most deserving."
Ann Marie has guided the growth of the Prince George's County program from one director serving a handful of children to a staff of six, serving more than 150 children today. She also serves on the steering committee of the Prince George's County Model Court.
Also a graduate of Villanova University, Ann Marie has completed graduate work at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She and her husband, Carsten, live in Washington, D.C., and are the parents of two children, Nicolas and Lyla. She is the daughter of Tim and Susan Foley of Waverly.
High notes
Franziska Zuercher-Mindrup has been named interim director of the Wayne County Historical Society. The former director of visitor services at the Bern History Museum in Bern, Switzerland, Franziska began work in January in order to familiarize herself with the museum before it re-opens in April. She moved to Scranton from Switzerland with her husband, the first professor hired for the new school of architecture at Marywood University. Asked why she was drawn to the position she said, "As a history major, I am fascinated by Honesdale's important role in U.S. history and I am looking forward to exploring what the museum has to offer in terms of artifacts and reviving the region's past."